E. C. ATKINS & CO., 



(incorporated) 



PROPRIETORS OP 



SHEFFIELD SAW WORKS, 

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MANUFACTURERS OF 1 



SAWS AND TOOLS 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



Branch Houses: 

memphis, tenn. 

chattanooga, tenn. 

minneapolis, minn. 



1895 



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AVITH SUGGESTIONS TO 



•dLUMBERMEN •••• AND •^ SAWYERS^ 

IN THE USE AND CARE OF SAWS. 



B. C. ATKINS & CO. 



TRADE 




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—FACTORY : 

ILLINOIS, SOUTH and EDDY STREETS. 



OFFICE : 

206 AND 208 SOUTH ILLINOIS STREET. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



-Branch Houses: 



/MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, 

CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. 

MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA. 



Established, 1857. 1895. Incorporated, 1885. 






Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1895, by 

E. C. Atkins & Co., Sheffield Saw Works. Indianapolis, Indiana. 

At the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C. 




PRESS OF 

BAKER RANDOLPH I.ITHO AND BNO. CO. 

INDIANAPOLIS. IND 



OFFICE OF THE 



;i^3HEFFIELD SAW WORKS, 

C^^jI. E. C. ATKINS & CO., Proprietors. 



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Indianapolis, Ind., August, 1895. 
Gentlemen : 

We hand you with this revised edition of our Catalogue and 
Hand Book, "Saws and Saw Tools," which contains revised prices 
on goods of our manufacture and mill supplies. 

The suggestions for the use and care of Saws will be found to be 
l)ractical, and will often enable the sawyer to overcome difficulties in 
the running of both Circular and Band Saws, as has been the experi- 
ence of many sawyers who have made use of the suggestions con- 
tained in the book. But when a snw has become badly out of condi- 
tion by use, it will retjuire llie attention of a skilled saw maker, with 
the proper tools for doing tiie work and putting the Saw in the best 
condition for use; in which case, it should be shipped to our factory, 
or to one of our Brancii Houses. Our Branch Houses are located at 
Minneapolis, Minn., Memphis, Tenn., and Chattanooga, Tenn. At 
our Branch Houses, we have skilled saw makers, and our repair shops 
acre fitted up with improved appliances and tools, and the repairs will 
be carefully and promptly done. We also carry a full line of Circu- 
lar and Band Saws at our Branch Houses. 

In reference to the Atkins' Saws, we call attention to their liigh 
standard of excellence, which has been attained by using the best 
grades of steel, with our patent method of tempering and skillful 
workmanship. We propose to maintain this high standard of excel- 
lence, and furnish saws that shall receive the favorable commenda- 
tion in the future that they have in the past. 

Soliciting your favors, we are, 

Yours respectfully, 

E). C. Atkins & Co. 



E. C. Atkins & Co., 



INDEX 



Page. 

Adjustable Tooth Saws... 33 

Anvils 90 

Babbitt Metal 134 

Back Saws 84 

Band Saws 58-59 

Band Saw Guides 60-61 

Band Saw Sharpener 126 

Band Saw Filer 62 

Band Saw Scarf er 94 

Bar Swage and Hammer 95 

Belting 130-132 

l>ench Scrapers 87 

Brazing Lamp 92 

Brazing Tables 93 

Brazing Tongs and Clamp 91 

Brazing and Filing Clamps 92 

Butcher Saws 85 

Cabinet Scrapers 87 

Carriage Trucks and 

Wheels 121 

Chisel Bit Saws 28-32 

Circular Saws 28-41 

Circular Saws for Iron ... 41 
Circular Wood Saw and 

Frame 116 

Collars for Saws 37 

Compass Saws 85 

Concave Saws 38 

Cross-Cut Saws 66-74 

Cotton Waste 134 



Page. 

Cutter Grinder 105 

Cylinder Sav/s 42 

Cylinder Saw Gummer... 102 

Dado Heads 135, 136 

Dehorning Saws 87 

Dimension Gauge 109 

Drag Saws 64-65 

Edger Saws 36 

Edger Wheels 122 

Emery Gummers 123-127 

Emery Wheels 128-129 

Emery Wheel Dressers ... 128 

Felloe Webs 86 

Files 133-134 

Filing Clamp 92 

Flanges for Saws 37 

Forges 96 

Gauges for Clearer Teeth 80 

Gauges for Saw Teeth 102 

Gang Saws 63 

Grooving Saws 39, 135, 136 

Gummers 101-105, 123-127 

Gummer Cutters 105 

Handles 75-77 

Hand Saws 85 

Hammers 90, 95 

Hammering Saws 13-20, 47-57 

Heading Saws 37 



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PiiGR. 

Heading Saw Flanges 37 

Instructions for Ordering 

Circular Saws 22-23 

Inserted Tooth Saws 28-33 

Kerf King Saws 34 

Lacings 131 

Leveling Table 91 

Lumber Trucks 122 

Mandrels 118-120 

Mill Saws 65 

Milling Saws for Metal... 40 

Mitre Saws 39 

Mulay Saws 63, 65 

One-Man Cross-Cut Saws 72-73 

Pit Saws 65 

Practical Suggestions, 

Circular Saws 9 

Practical Suggestions, 

Band Saws 47-57 

Pruning Saws ^ 85 

Repairing Saws 43-46 

Re-sawing or Siding Saws 36 

Right and Left Hand Saws 23 

Saw Guide and Rounders. 110-1 11 

Saw Makers' Tools 89-108 

Saw Mill Dogs 112-115 



Page. 

Saw Knife , 88 

Saw Tools 78-83 

Saw Sets 81-83, 95 

Scroll Saws 86 

Segment Saws 41 

Set Gauge 102 

Shingle Saws 37 

Shingle Saw Flanges 37 

Side Files.... 99-100 

Siding Sa^7s 36 

Silver Solder 98 

Speed of Circulars 25 

Speed Indicators 96 

Standard Teeth and 

^auge 24 

Straight Edges 91 

Swages 97-98, 106-108 

Swage Shaper 108 

Swing Cut-ofF Saw 117 

Telegraph Cipher 6-7 

Top Saws 36 

Track 121 

Trowels 88 

Up-sets 97-98 

Victor Swage 107 

Warranty 8 

Wire Gauges 89 

Whip fSaws 65 

Wood Saws 84 



B. C. ATKINS & Co., 



E. C. ATKINS & CO.'S TELEGRAPH CIPHER FOR 
CIRCULAR SAWS. 



TIME AND MANNER OF SHIPPING. 

Express at once Steamer 

Freight at once Schooner 

Express soon as possible Traveler 

Freight soon as possible Trader 

DIAMETER. 

Fortv-eight inch Saw Paris 

P^ifty inch Saw Park 

Fifty-two inch Saw Pleasant 

Fifty-four inch Saw Pekin 

Fifty-six inch Saw Pratt 

Fifty-eight inch Saw Portland 

Sixty inch Saw ,, Potter 

Sixty-two inch Saw Poplar 

Sixty-four inch Saw Price 

Sixty-six inch Saw Poland 

Sixtv-eight inch Saw Puddle 

Seventy inch Saw Pendleton 

Seventy-two inch Saw ■ Pittsburg 

RIGHT OR LEFT HAND. 

Right Hand Nashville 

Left Hand Newport 

GAUGE. 

6x6 Ladoga 

6x7 Lake 

6x8 Lamb 

7x7 Lansing 

7x8 Lawrence 

7x9 Lebanon 

8x8 Liberty 

8x 9 Locke 

8x10 LoDi 

9x9 i Long 

9x10 Lowell 

KIND OF TIMBER TO BE SAWED. 

Hard "Wood Eagle 

Soft Wood Easton 

Norway Pine Eden 

Yellow Pine Elrod 

All kinds of Timber English i 

KIND OF DRESS. 

Spring Set Darling 

Spread Set Daisy 

SPECIAL. 

Order confirmed by mail Baker 

Answer saying when you can ship Cairo 

If you can't ship at once advise us by wire ., Wantkd 



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HOLES. 

Standard Holes (see specifications) GalIiAtin 

Mandrel Hole, two inch George 

Mandrel Hole, two inch full Gale 

Mandrel Hole, two inch scant Galena 

Mandrel Hole, two and one-sixteenth Galveston 

Mandrel Hole, two and eighth Garfield 

Mandrel Hole, two and quarter Garnet 

Mandrel Hole, two and half Garvin 

Pin Holes, one-half inch Gem 

Pin Holes, five-eighths Gregory 

Pin Holes, three-quarters German 

Pin Holes, as per template mailed, Gall 

Pin Holes, 3 in. from center to center Gibson 

Pin Holes, 334 in. from center to center Gilman 

Pin Holes, 3^4 in. from center to center Glendale 

Pin Holes. 3% in. from center to center Gold 

Pin Holes, 4 in. from center to center Grand 

Pin Holes, 434 in. from center to center Gosport 

Pin Holes, 434 iii- from center to center Grafton 

Pin Holes, 4% in. from center to center Gravel 



NUMBER 

30 Teeth Hobbs 

32 Teeth HOBOKEN 

34 Teeth Holton 

36 Teeth Honey 

38 Teeth Hooker 

40 Teeth Hope 

42 Teeth Horace 

44 Teeth Horner 

46 Teeth Hovey 

48 Teeth Howard 

50 Teeth Hudson 

52 Teeth Howland 

54 Teeth Hunt 

56 Teeth Halsey 

58 Teeth Huron 

60 Teeth Hubbard 

62 Teeth Hay 

64 Teeth High 

66 Teeth Hip 

68 Teeth Homer 

70 Teeth Hurlburt 



OF TEETH. 

72 Teeth Hang 

74 Teeth Hello 

76 Teeth Hanfield 

78 Teeth Hamilton 

80 Teeth... Hammond 

30 to 36 Teeth Hadley 

32 to 38 Teeth Haley 

34 to 40 Teeth Hall 

36 to 42 Teeth Hamlet 

38 to 44 Teeth Hancock 

40 to 46 Teeth Hannah 

42 to 48 Teeth Hanover 

44 to 50 Teeth Harmony 

46 to 5i Teeth Harper 

48 to 54 Teeth Hartford 

50 to 56 Teeth Harris 

52 to 58 Teeth Hatfield 

54 to 60 Teeth Hawkins 

56 to 62 Teeth ..Hebron 

58 to 64 Teeth Hecla 

60 to 66 Teeth Hector 



SPEED OF SAW. 



Speed 400 Fair 

Speed 425 Flint 

Speed 450 Fish 

Speed 475 Flat 

Speed 500 Florida 

Speed 525 Florence 

Speed 550 Forest 

Speed 575 .Fort 

Speed 600 .French 

Speed 625 Franklin 

Speed 650 j'heedom 



Speed 675 Fox 

Speed 700 Fulton 

Speed 725 Frank 

Speed 750 Friend 

Speed 775 Fellow 

Speed 800 Farmer 

Speed 825 Finley 

Speed 850 Falls 

Speed 875 Fast 

Speed 900 Furious 



FEED. 



1 inch Feed Barren 

134 inch Feed Bascom 

2 inch Feed .....Bath 

23^ inch Feed Battery 

3 inch Feed Battle 

33^ inch Feed Beacon 

4 inch Feed Bean 

43^ inch Feed Bkavkr 



inch Feed Bedford 

inch Feed .Beach 

inch Feed Belden 

inch Feed Bellmore 

inch Feed Belmont 

inch Feed Bengal 

inch Feed Benton 

inch Peed Berlin 



E. C. ATKINS & Co., 



TERMS OF WARRANTY. 



CIRCULAR SAWS. 



Each Saw is warranted free from flaws and seams, and prac- 
tically true. Any Saw failing to run well will be rehanimered 
free of charge, if immediately returned; or if found defective in 
metal or temper, within thirty days from delivery, a new one will 
be given in exchange. 

Saws cracked or broken, as the result of filing square corners 
in the gullet of the tooth, as is frequently the case, or from using 
a cold-chisel or punch in retoothing, are not covered by our 
warranty. 

Any alteration in the holes of Circular Saws, by filing, ream- 
ing, or otherwise, will generally spring the Saw. When such 
alteration is made, the Saw will not be subject to the above 
warranty. 

No warranty upon Saws used in frozen timber. 

The name of " E. C. Atkins & Co," on a Saw is an assurance 
to the buyer of its superior quality and reliability, and no further 
guarantee is needed. 

E. C. Atkins & Co. 



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PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS, STANDARD RULES, 

ETC., CONCERNING THE USE AND CARE 

OF CIRCULAR SAWS. 



HANGING THE SAW 

Saws of our manufacture, unless they are ordered to be put up 
straight, are marked near the center with the words "Log Side." 
Before placing the new saw upon the mandrel, be sure that the side 
so marked comes next to the log on your mill ; if it does not, it 
should be sent to the factory to be hammered so as to suit your mill. 

Be sure that the mandrel is level, and that the saw when placed 
on it and the flanges screwed up, is perfectly plumb. The holes in 
the saw should be an easy fit on the mandrel and lug pins. 

Be sure that it does not bind on the mandrel or the pins. If it 
does, the least warmth of the mandrel will be sure to cause it to ex- 
pand, bind and spring the saw. 

It should slip on readily, neither tight nor loose. 

Saws are often pronounced crooked when the fault is in the 
collars. 

If the position or "dish" of the saw is changed in the least by 
tightening the collars for work, the defect should be remedied at 
once. Put a straight-edge on the log side of the saw, and ascertain 
whether the fault is in the saw or in the collars. 

Thin saws, and saws of high speed, are put up very open so that 
the center will pull through, and the saw, when hung on the man- 
drel, may show concave or convex on the log side when standing 
still, but when run up to the speed for which it is hammered, it 
should straighten u^i and be flat, or nearly so, on the log side. 

When hung upon the mandrel and the collars tightened, the saw 
should be perfectly round, so that every tooth will do its proper 
work. Should the saw be too crowning or too dishing on the log 
side, the difficulty may be overcome by papering between the saw 
and the collars. If the saw is dished on the log side, cut a ring of 



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paper of the size of the collar and about three-fourths inch wide; 
wet it with oil and lay it on the loose collar. 

Cut a smaller ring of paper of the same width to fit the man- 
drel, and place it on the mandrel against the fast collar. If one thick- 
ness of paper is not sufficient, add another ring, and so on until the saw, 
when clamped between the flanges, is brought to the proper position. 

Should the saw be too crowning on the log side, reverse the posi- 
tion of the paper rings, placing the large one next the fast collar and 
the smaller one next the loose collar. Letter paper for making the 
rings is preferable, being solid and firm. 

LINING THE SAW WITH THE TEACK. 

Take all the end play out of the mandrel. Run the carriage 
up past the saw so that one of the head-blocks will be opy^osite the 
center of the saw. Fasten a square piece of board on the head-block 
and let the end of the board touch the face of the saw at its center. 
Then run the carriage back from the front of the saw 2(> feet. Draw 
a line from the end of the board past the saw parallel with the track. 
The line where it passes the center of tlie saw should be from one- 
eighth inch to one-fourth inch from the face of the saw. This would 
show the track at 20 feet from the center of the saw on a line with 
the saw, and that the track at the center of the saw, if put down 
right, is one-eighth inch to one-fourth inch further off from the saw 
than at 20 feet distant. 

Some saws require more inclination toward the track than others, 
and the track being adjusted properly, any small variation required 
may be accomplished by means of the set screws on the box. 

The track should be solid, level and perfectly straight, and the 
saw frame firmly anchored. Trouble is often caused by a neglect to 
keep the track in order, and it should be examined frequently. 

LEAD. 

We have shown that the lead of the saw to the log may be ad- 
justed by its position to the track. It may be held to its work in the 



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log by beveled filing on the back of the tooth. The teeth, if properly 
filed, should always be perfectly square on the front side, but if the 
saw tends to lead in or out of the log it may be held to the proper 
position by beveling the back side of the tooth at the point. If the 
front of the tooth is filed perfectly square and the teeth are beveled 
on the back, on the board side, this will lead your saw into the loi, 
or, if vou bevel on the log side, it will lead the saw out of the log. 

Should the saw lead in and out, or what is called "snaky," it is 
evident that it needs hammering, that the rim is too large for the 
center and the saw needs opening out at the center. Such a saw may 
be run warm at the center and the difficulty overcome in this way ; 
otherwise it will retjuire hainmeriug. 

POINTS TO BE OBSERVED. 
See that the track is solid, level and straight, that saw shaft is 
level and the saw hangs plumb; that it goes on the mandrel easy, i- 
a close fit, and that the lug pins have a bearing; that the tight collar 
is a little concave and the loose one perfectly flat; that the saw is 
straight on the log side when the collars are^ screwed up and the saw 
run up to the required speed ; that it is in line with the carriage and 
a little inclined toward the log; that the saw is perfectly round and 
has throat-room sufficient for the dust; that the teeth are not too 
high on the back side ; that the teeth are filed perfectly square on the 
front side, and swaged sufficient to give clearance for the body of the 
saw ; that there is very little, if any, end play to the mandrel ; that 
the guides are perfectly adjusted when the saw is standing still. 

Do not try to lead the saw with the guide pins, but lead the saw 
by adjusting it properly to the track and by proper filing. If you wish 
the saw to run warm at the center, you can create friction by reduc- 
ing the set or spread of the teeth. If the saw heats too much in the 
center give it a littie more set. If the saw heats on the rim it is 
because the teeth have not sufficient throat-room for clearance of the 
dust, or the backs of the teeth are too high. If the saw is too tig-.t 



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on the rirn increase the motion if possible, and be sure to keep it cool 
in tne center. 

The saw should be run at uniform speed both in and out of the cut. 

If the guide pins are run too close, the saw will heat at the rim 
and run "snaky." If gum is allowed to collect on the sides of the 
saw, the rim will heat from the friction. 

TRUEING SAW ON THE MANDREL. 

If the saw is in proper tension and does not run true, take all the 
end play out of the mandrel; rest a small piece c)f board with one end 
sharpened, upon the saw frame ; hold the sharpened end against the 
board side of the saw near the rim. Mark with chalk the high places 
or those that touch, and on the opposite side the hollow places or 
those which do not touch the board. Turn the saw so as to bring the 
high points directly over the arbor, and, with a sharp pull, bend the 
points which are high on the board side toward you, and with a sharp 
push bend the parts which are high on the log side from you. By 
testing and bending in this way you may make a saw run perfectly 
true on the mandrel which has been sprung or doe? not from any 
cause run true. 

CAUSES FOR HEATING ON THE RIM. 

Guide pins set too close. 

Teeth have not enough spread or set. 

Backs of the teeth too high. 

Not throat-room enough for saw dust. 

Accumulation of gum on the teeth. 

Saw not open enough in the body for the speed. 

CAUSES OF HEATING AT CENTER. 
Teeth have not enough spread or set. 
Saw lined too much out of log. 
Mandrel runs too warm. 

Saw too open in the body or center for the speed. 
Speed not sufficient to expand the rim. 
Saw dished too much to or from the log. 



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HAMMERING AND TENSION. 

All mechanical arts require a skill acquired by long practice 
tor tlieir perfect execution. No art is more difficult of acquirement 
than that of saw making. All the conditions under which a saw 
has to be run, need to be exactly known and provided for in the 
construction and final finishing of the saw. 

For the benefit of our patrons and sawyers using our saws, we 
take pleasure in exphiining the general principles involved in the 
hammering and tension of circular saws. The practice taught by 
masters of the art thirty years ago, when saws of small diameter 
only were used, w;is that a circular saw to do proper work should be 
left firm between the center and the rim, and open as to its whole 
diameter, whereas experience has shown, and it is the practice of the 
best artists, to open out the body of the saw between the center and 
the ri;n to the extent required for the speed the saw is to run. 

Very high speed and thin saws require that the saw be opened 
out until it takes a strong push or pull to throw the center either 
way when the saw is standing upon the floor. When the saw is in 
proper tension and is shaken or pulled through, the body only of the 
saw should vibrate, while the rim should be nearly or quite steady. 

Gumming a circular saw, or the alternate heating and cooling 
uf the rim will permanently expand a saw at the rim, and in conse- 
quence it will become too stiff' in the center or body of the saw and 
run "snaky"; a few strokes of a round face liammer on both sides of 
the saw at the proper place will restore the tension. (See illustra- 
tion. Fig. 1.) The portion of the saw to be hammered being indi- 
cated by the dotted lines. The same treatment is required if the saw 
is put up for too low speed. The rule is that it must be more open 
or limber in the body of the saw for fast speed than for slow speed; 
\or hard than for soft wood. 

When the saw is standing on the floor and shaken with the hand 
and the center and rim both vibrate, the saw requires more hammer 



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ing on the line nearest the rim (Fig. 1). When opening out the 
body of the saw, do not hammer within 6 inches to 10 inches of the 
center. 

Observe the motion of the saw when on the mandrel and run- 
ning up to speed ; if it runs wavy on the rim it needs opening out in 
the body of the saw on the dotted lines ( Fig. 1). If it runs steady 
.and true out of the log, it is the fault of the hanging, lining, fitting 
or management if it does not run steady and true in the log. The 
dotted lines ( Fig. 1 ) indicate where the face of the saw must be 
hammered on both sides with the round face hammer to open the body 
of the saw for high speed, or when it runs wavy on the rim in full 
motion. Fig. 2 illustrates examination of the saw with the straight- 
edge in adjusting the tension. The center of the saw resting on the 
anvil, the rim back of the anvil supported on a narrow bench 
extending from the anvil to the wall, and the opposite point raised 
with the hand, the straight-edge extending from the center toward 
the rim of the saw. 

If the saw is properly opened in the body the portions indicated 
by the dotted, lines in Fig. 1 will drop away from the straight-edge 
( Fig. 2 ) equally all around the saw. To equalize the tension, the 
parts which drop least require hammering until the tension is equal- 
ized and all parts indicated by the dotted lines drop equally all 
around the saw. The center line should drop a trifle more than the 
others. 

Hammering to take out lumps should always be done on the 
high side or on that point which touches the straight-edge. Lumps 
or ridges upon or near the rim may be found with the straight-edge 
by examining that part of the saw, with the center of the saw resting 
on the anvil ; but lumps or ridges in the body of the saw should be 
found with the saw standing upon the floor perfectly perpendicular 
(Figs. 3 and 4). Mark with chalk the high points which touch the 
straight-edge on either side of the saw, and hammer where marked, 



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either on a slightly oval wooden block or an anvil. (The anvil is 
preferred by practical saw makers.) 

If the anvil is used, allowance must be made for change in ten- 
sion produced by the blow of the hammer, as every blow upon the 
anvil stretches and opens the saw at the point hammered. If the 
end of a wooden block is used in taking out lumps, the tension will 
not be affected. The tension must be adjusted by hammering on the 
anvil. Lumps usually run in ridges and should be hammered out 
with a cross pene hammer, the pene following the ridge in the direc- 
tion which it runs as discovered with the straight-edge. Round 
lumps may be hammered down with the round face hammer, or with 
the cross pene hammer by changing the hammer over between each 
blow so that the strokes cross each other. The strokes should be 
directly on the lump or ridge. 

The adjustment of tension is preferably done with a hammer 
having a slightly oval and perfectly round face. Figures 3 and 4 
illustrate the examination of the saw for lumps and ridges when 
standing on the floor. Move the level across the saw from a to 6 
(Fig. 3) all over the surface on both sides of the saw, rolling the saw 
on the floor while making the examination, and mark the points 
which touch the straight-edge, the lumps x and the ridges . 

Test the saw with the straight-edge between the center and edge 
from c to d (Fig. 4) all around the saw, marking the lumps and ridges 
as before. Hammer lightly on the points marked. After leveling, 
examine the tension ; if it remains as before, your saw is ready to go 
on to the mandrel for test, but if not, adjust the tension again with 
the round face hammer; then level it again, and, if necessary, adjust 
again for tension, and so on until the saw is perfect. If the saw has 
an even tension, put it on the mandrel and run it up to speed. If it 
runs steady and true, it is ready for fitting, and, when properly hung 
and fitted, it will stand up to its work. 



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INSTRUCTION S-INSERTED TOOTH SAWS. 



HOLDERS AND BITS. 

Keep the extreme point of the bit wider than any other part of 
the swaged portion, thus — 



Fig 5. 

Never side-file so as to make the extreme point narrower, or even 
the same width, thus — 



If necessary to swage the bits, take them out and swage them in 
the vise, then replace them, side file and round up the saw and sharpen 
the bits. Keep the pitch the same as when new. In side-filing, the 
file should be set in at an angle to form the point on a bevel as when 
new, leaving the extreme point full width. If the pitch is filed out^ 
the strain is too great on the holder. 

If the holders, having a stop at " E," Fig. 8, become loose, ham- 
mer along the inner circle of the mouth-piece at " C C C." The 
holder should never have a bearing at " E D," Fig. 7, so as to prevent 
a solid bearing of the bit against the plate at " A B." If the holder 
is too long, file off the end at '' D " until the bit bears firmly against 
the plate at " A B." Better to shorten the holder at " D " until the 
light passes through when the bit bears firmly at '' A B." 

Those holders having no stop, as in Fig. 9, if they become loose 
require hammering at " A A A," if the holder is too small to fit the 
circle of the socket at " B B B." If, however, they fit this circle, the 
hammering should be done at " C C C." A few light blows on each 
side of the holder with the holder resting on an anvil is quite suf- 
ficient. 



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TO LUMBER MANUFACTURERS AND SAW 
OPERATORS. 



• CAUSES OF COMPLAINT. 

Good saws are freqently ruined by crowding them beyond their 
limit of endurance and by unskillful use. There are other causes 
which tend to produce dissatisfaction with good saws, among whicli 
may be mentioned: Saw too thin; teeth too coarse; saw not properly 
hung; saw not properly fitted or dressed; saw not properly balanced 
on mandrel ; a badly running carriage; collars not true, etc. 

PROCURE GOOD SAWS. 

In justice to saw-mill men, we have to say that they sometimes 
have good reasons for complaint on account of bad saws, which leads 
us to remark that it is the duty of every saw-mill man to procure a 
good and reliable saw. Too many are governed by prejudice in 
the selection of a saw, while others allow themselves to be influenced 
in the purchase by the matter of a few dollars in price. Purchasers 
should consider only the character of the saws offered them, based on 
the reputation of the manufacturer. 

ATKINS' SAWS RELIABLE. 

We are ready to admit that we are not infallible in our work, 
but we claim most emphatically that we have come as near to perfec- 
tion in saw making as is possible, as we use only the finest grades of 
selected steel and have in our employ the most skillful mechanics, as- 
sisted by the most modern machinery and appliances. 

Our methods of tempering and adjusting circular saws produce 
uniform results, unexcelled by any methods known to the trade. 

These facts, together with our^invariable disposition to comply 
with the terms of our warranty, assure the buyer of the Reliable 
character of the Atkins Saws. 



22 E. C. Atkins & Co. 



POINTS TO BE OBSERVED IN ORDERING SAWS. 



In ordering a circular saw, the kind of work to be done and the 
power at hand to drive it, should always be taken into account. 

GAUGE OF SAW. 

For mills of ordinary capacity, doing general work, we recom- 
mend saws seven gauge at the center, and eight on the rim. If the 
timber is valuable and the sawyer skillful, an eight by nine gauge 
may be used, and in special cases an eight by ten gauge. Any lighter 
gauge than eight at the center and ten at the rim we consider imprac- 
ticable for use in ordinary mills. A trial of very thin saws as an 
economical means will, in most cases, be followed by disappointment, 
for greater than ordinary skill is necessary to successfully manage 
thin saws, and the lumber saved by the reduced thickness of the saw 
is more than offset by the waste by bad cuts, where the sawyer is not 
an expert. 

The greater the speed and feed used, the heavier the saw should 
be to stand up to the work, hence it is that for the large mills, where 
the saving of time more than lumber is desired, saws of six and seven 
gauge are mostly in demand. 

NUMBER OF TEETH. 

With a high motion more teeth are required, for high feed follows 
great speed, and the saw having more work to do should have more 
teeth with which to do it, in order that the strain may be evenly dis- 
tributed. 

The number of teeth, therefore, should depend not alone on the 
thickness of the saw, but on the kind of timber to be sawed, and 
the speed and feed of the mill. 

Having considered these matters, orders for circular saws should 
be accompanied by the following : 



Indianapolis, Ind, 



23 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING 
CIRCULAR SAWS. 



When ordering circular saws, the following directions should be 
explicitly given : 

Diameter of saw in inches : right or left-hand (see engravings 
below) ; thickness or gauge of saw at rim ; thickness or gauge of saw 
at center ; number of teeth in saw ; kind and No. of tooth, as shown 
on engraving (see following page) ; size of mandrel hole; size of pin 
holes ; distance between pin holes from center to center ; number of 
revolutions per minute ; greatest feed at each revolution of saw, in 
inches ; kind of lumber to be sawed ; spring set or swage ; whether 
for ripping or cross-cutting. When ordering bolting saws, state 
whether rip or cross-cut. 

N- B. — All our stock saws forty inches and larger in diameter 
have 2-inch mandrel holes and | lug pin holes, three inches from 
center to center, if wanted different, please send full pattern of 
holes. 



RIGHT-HAND. 



LEFT-HAND. 




Standing in front of a circular saw, with the saw revolving 
toward you, if the log passes to the right of the saw it is a right- 
hand saw ; if to the left, it is a left-hand saw. 



OUR STANDARD GAUGE 



EXACTLY CORRESPONDS WITH THE STUBBS ENGLISH GAUGE. 



Gauge No. 4 34 inch scant. 

5 ^2 inch. 

6 I^inch. 

7 f»g inch scant. 

8 ^% inch full. 

9 3^5 inch scant. 



10. 



.% inch full. 



Gauge No. 11 3^ inch scant. 

" 12 e'? inch. 

" 13 g^inch. 

" 14 b\ inch full. 

" " 15 b\ inch scant. 

" " 16 ^ inch full. 

" 22 ^inchfulL 



2-4 



B. C. Atkins & Co. 




The above illustration represents our various styles and sizes 
of Saw Teeth ; also our Standard Gauge. By consulting it, a per- 
son will be enabled to inform us the size and style of tooth, and 
also the gauge of any saw he may desire. 



Indianapoi^is, Ind. 



25 



THE MOTION OF CIRCULAR SAWS. 



This is one of the most essential things to be observed, and no 
one can give this too niuch attention. If the speed of the saw is too 
high, it can not do good work, besides rendering it liable to many- 
accidents. It generates heat in the saw, makes it touchy and limber, 
and it will only run and do good work on light feed, and while the 
teeth are in the best of order, and have a keen, sharp, cutting corner; 
as soon as this is gone, the saw will run or dodge whenever it comes 
in contact with the least obstacle. And again : Too low has its ob- 
jections, but it is not attended with such ruinous effects upon the saw. 
These difficulties can be remedied to a limited extent by the ham- 
mering of the saw, but can not be entirely overcome. 



TABLE OF SPEED OF CIRCULAR SAWS. 



SIZE OF SAW. 


REV. PER MIN. 


SIZE OF SAW. 


REV. PER MIN. 


8 inches. 


4,500 


42 inches. 


870 


10 inches. 


3,600 


44 inches. 


840 


12 inches. 


3,000 


46 inches. 


800 


14 inches. 


2,585 


48 inches. 


750 


16 inches 


2,222 


50 inches. 


725 


18 inches. 


2,000 


52 inches. 


700 


20 inches. 


1,800 


54 inches. 


675 


22 inches. 


1,636 


56 inches. 


C50 


24 inches 


1,500 


58 inches. 


625 


26 inches. 


1,384 


60 inches. 


600 


28 inches. 


1,285 


62 inches. 


575 


30 inches. 


1,200 


64 inches. 


550 


32 inches. 


1,120 


66 inches. 


545 


34 inches. 


1,050 


68 inches. 


529 


36 inches. 


1,000 


70 inches. 


514 


38 inches. 


950 


72 inches. 


500 




900 













The above table is figured on a periphery speed of 9000 ft. 
per minute, but saws for portable mills are usaally run at a speed 
of about 450 revolutions per minute, and saws for steam feed 
mills, from 600 to 900 revolutions per minute. 



26 E. C. Atkins & Co., 

ETJLES FOR CALCULATING THE SPEED OF SAWS, 
PULLEYS OR DRUMS. 



Problem 1. The diameter of the driven being given, to find 
its number of revolutions. 

EuLE. — Multiply the diameter of the driver by its number of 
revolutions, and divide the product by the diameter of the driven; 
the quotient will be the number of revolutions of the driven. 

Problem 2. The diameter and revolutions of the driver being 
given, to find the diameter of the driven, that shall make any given 
number of revolutions in the same time. 

Rule. — Multiply the diameter of the driver by its number of 
revolutions, and divide the product by the number of revolutions of 
the driven ; the quotient will be its diameter. 

Problem 3. To ascertain the size of the driver. 

Rule. — Multiply the diameter of the driven by the number of 
revolutions you wish it to make, and divide the product by the revo- 
lutions of the driver; the quotient will be the size of the driver. 



GENERAL HINTS RESPECTING THE MANNER OF 
FITTING OR DRESSING SAWS. 



A saw tooth should have the proper spread and pitch for the 
wood which it is to cut. Soft wood requires more spread or "set," 
and less pitch ; hard wood the reverse. A saw swaged full on both 
corners with square dress will do the fastest cutting, but requires the 
most power. In swaging use oil on point of tooth. 

By careless dressing we have seen saw teeth higher back of the 
cutting point than at the point itself, thereby causing the saw to bind 
and heat on the rim. 

The greater the feed the lower the back of the tooth should be, 
giving easier clearance and greater dust room. 

Tn spreading the points of teeth it is almost impossible to make 
them all of equal width, but they may be reduced to a uniform width 
by the use of our patent Side File, which is illustrated herein. 

By this treatment the corners are stronger and less liable to break 
ofi" in hard cuts. 



iNDIANAPOIvIS, InD. 27 



THE EMERY WHEEL. 



Emery wheels, as employed in gumming and sharpening saws, 
accomplish a great saving of time and labor, but when improperly 
used, as they often are, cause irreparable injury to saws. When the 
points of teeth become heated or " blued " by the use of an emery 
wheel, the steel loses its toughness and tenacity in some degree, and 
is liable to split and crumble off in the process of spreading the 
points afterward. 

We have had saws returned to the factory in this condition, said 
to be defective, which we were unable ourselves to spread on the 
points without checking and breaking them off, but which, after 
cutting off the points and starting new teeth, stood every test per- 
fectly, thus proving that the trouble was caused by the improper use 
of the emery wheel. 



BAD FILING. 



No saws are so liable to crack in using as circular cut-ofF saws, 
for the reason that they are generally filed so as to leave a square cor- 
ner at the base of the teeth, and the bevel of the face being carried 
down into this corner, still further weakens it. Saws broken in this 
condition can not be considered subject to our warranty. 

It is surprising that so many still persist in this manner of filing, 
when a few strokes with a round file at the base of the tooth after 
beveling the front, will keep it in good shape by preventing the 
formation of the square corners from which the crack starts. The 
saw will clear better if the bevel is carried down only half the depth 
of the teeth. 



28 



E. C. Atkins & Co. 



INSERTED TOOTH SAWS. 

CHISEL TOOTH "AA." PATENTED MARCH 28, 1893. 




The above cut shows full size of "AA" tooth. 
Especially adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 

The following list gives the number of teeth allowed in Chisel Point 
Saw "AA:" 

Size 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 

No. Teeth 10 10 12 12 14 14 16 18 20 20 22 24 24 26 28 dO 

Size 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 

No. Teeth 30 32 32 34 34 36 36 40 40 44 44 

For prices, see page 32. 

For each additional tooth inserted, add $1.75. 
Duplicate " A A " Points, $6.00 per hundred. 
Duplicate " A A " Holders, 60 cents each. 
Wrenches, 81.00 each. 



Indianapoi,is, Ind. 



29 



INSERTED TOOTH SAWS. 
CmSEL TOOTH "BB." PATENTED MARCH 28, 1893, 




The above cut shows full size of "BB" tooth. 
For general sawing. Best tooth in frozen timber. 

The following list gives the number of teeth allowed in Chisel Point 
Saw "BB." 



Size 20 22 24 26 28 80 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 

x\0. Teeth 12 12 14 14 16 16 18 20 22 22 24 24 26 28 28 



Size 

No. Teeth. 



.50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 
.30 80 82 34 34 36 36 38 40 40 42 42 



For prices, see page 32. 

For each additional tooth inserted, add SI. 75. 
Duplicate " BB " Points, $6 00 per hundred. 
Duplicate " BB " Holders, 55 cents each. 
Wrenches, $1.00 each. 



30 



E. C. ATKINS & Co., 



• INSERTED TOOTH SAWS 

CHISEL TOOTH "CC" PATENTED MAK3H 28, 1893. 




The above cut shows full size of "CC" tooth. 
The best tooth for hard wood. 

The following list gives the number of teeth allowed in Chisel 
Point Saw "CC :" 



Size 12 

No. Teeth 10 



Size 42 44 

No. Teeth 28 30 



14 16 18 20 
10 12 14 14 



22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 
16 18 18 20 20 22 22 24 



38 40 
24 20 



46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 
30 32 34 36 38 40 42 42 44 44 



66 68 70 72 
48 48 52 52 



For prices, see page 32. 

For each additional tooth inserted, add $1,75. 
Duplicate " CC" Points, $5.00 per hundred. 
Duplicate " C C " Holders, 50 cents each. 
Wrenches, $1.00 each. 



IndianapoIvIS, Ind. 



31 



INSERTED TOOTH SAWS. 

CHISEL TOOTH "DD." PATENTED MAECH 28, 1893. 




The above cut shows full size of "DD'^ tooth. 
Used principally for Edger and Bolter Saws. 
The following list gives the number of teeth allowed in Chisel 
Point Saw "DD:" 

Size, inches 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 

No. Teeth 10 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 22 24 24 26 26 28 28 30 32 

For prices, see page o2 

The " D D " inserted tooth Saw can be furnished any size, one tooth to the inch. 

For each additional tooth inserted, add $1.50. 
Duplicate " DD " Points, $5.00 per hundred. 
Duplicate " D D " Holders, 45 cents each. 
Wrenches, $1.00 each. 



32 



E. C. ATKINS & Co., 



INSERTED TOOTH SAWS. 







CHISEL TOOTH- 


PRICE-LIST. 














Extra fdr 


Price for bevel- 


Diameter. 
Inches. 


Thickness 
Gauge. 


No. of 
Teeth. 


Size Hole, 
Inches. 


Price. 
Each. 


each ad- 
ditional 
gauge. 
(Heavier). 


ing new saws. 
( Grinding or 
beveling old 
saws extra). 


12 




10 




$17 00 


$0 17 


$0 35 


14 




10 




19 00 


21 


40 


16 




12 




22 00 


25 


50 


18 




14 


n 


25 00 


30 


60 


20 




14 


h\ 


30 00 


35 


70 


22 




10 


Hj 


35 00 


45 


80 


24 




18 


If 


40 00 


55 


90 


26 


10 


18 


n 


45 00 


65 


1 05 


■ 28 


10 


20 


u 


50 00 


80 


1 20 


30 


10 


20 


ii 


55 00 


90 


1 30 


32 


9 


22 


i| 


00 00 


1 00 


1 40 


34 


9 


22 


ii 


m 00 


1 20 


1 55 


36 


8 


24 


i| 


72 00 


1 40 


1 70 


38 


8 


24 


i| 


78 00 


1 75 


1 85 


40 


8 


26 


2 


84 00 


2 00 


2 00 


42 


8 


28 


o 


90 00 


2 50 


2 20 


44 


' 


30 


2 


97 00 


3 00 


2 40 


46 


7 


30 


2 


105 00 


3 50 


2 00 


48 


7 


32 


2 


115 00 


4 00 


2 80 


50 


7 


34 


2 


130 00 


4 50 


3 00 


52 


6 


36 


2 


150 00 


5 00 


3 25 


54 


6 


38 


2 


175 00 


6 00 


3 50 


56 


6 


40 


2 


200 00 


7 00 


3 75 


58 


6 


42 


2 


225 00 


8 00 


4 05 


60 


5 


42 


2 


255 00 


9 00 


4 35 


62 


5 


44 


2 


290 00 


10 00 


4 65 


64 


5 


44 


2 


325 00 


12 00 


5 00 


66 


5 


48 


2 


360 00 


15 00 


5 35 


68 


5 


48 


2 


400 00 


18 00 


5 75 


70 


4 


52 


2 


450 00 


21 00 


6 15 


72 


4 


52 


2 


500 00 


24 00 


6 55 



Ten extra sets of Points given with each saw, whether new or al- 
tered from a solid tooth. For each additional tooth inserted, add 
$1.75; for each toothless than the number indicated on the list oi 
regular, deduct $1.75 list. 

Above list gives number of teeth allowed in "CC" tooth saw, 
which is especial!}' adapted for hard woods. 



INDIANAPOI.IS, InD. 



33 



ADJUSTABLE TOOTH CIRCULAR SAWS. 

Patented April 12, 1887. 






TOOLS FTJRNISHED WITH EACH SAW. 




1. Wrench. 


1. Taper Swaging Key. 


1. Set Followers. 












Extra for 


Price for bevel- 


Diameter 
Inches. 


Thick- 
ness. 
Gauge. 


No. of 
Teeth, 


Size of 

Hole. 

Inches. 


Price. 
Each. 


each addi- 
tional 
Gauge. 
(Heavier.) 


ing new saws. 
(Grinding or 
beveling old 
saws extra ) 


20 


11 


12 1 lA 


Sau 01 » 


$0 35 


$0 70 


22 


n 


12 


1t\ 


35 00 


45 


80 


24 


n 


14 


'/-s 


40 00 


55 


90 


26 


]0 


14 


rVn 


45 00 


65 


1 05 


28 


10 


16 


-^y?. 


50 00 


80 


1 20 


30 


10 


16 


ill 


65 00 


90 


1 30 


32 


9 


18 


60 00 


1 00 


140 


34 


9 


18 


66 00 


1 20 


155 


36 


8 


20 


!P, 


72 00 


1 40 


1 70 


?8 


8 


22 


78 00 


1 75 


1 85 


40 


8 


24 


2 


84 00 


200 


2 00 


42 


8 


24 


2 


90 00 


2 50 


2 20 


44 


7 


26 


2 


97 00 


3 00 


2 40 


45 


7 


26 


2 


105 00 


3 50 


2 60 


48 


7 


28 


2 


115 00 


4 00 


2 80 


50 


7 


28 


2 


130 00 


4 50 


8 00 


52 


6 


30 


2 


150 00 


5 00 


3 25 


54 


6 


32 


2 


175 00 


6 00 


3 50 


56 


6 


34 


2 


200 00 


7 00 


3 75 


58 


6 


34 


2 i 225 00 


8 00 


4 05 


CO 


5 


36 


2 1 255 00 


9 00 


4 35 


62 


5 


38 


2 


290 00 


10 00 


4 65 


61 


5 


40 


2 


825 00 


12 00 


5 00 


C6 


5 


42 


2 


360 00 


15 00 


5 85 


68 


5 


42 


2 


400 00 


18 00 


5 75 


70 


4 


44 


2 


450 00 


21 00 


6 15 


72 


4 


44 ' 2 


500 00 


24 00 


6 55 


■Prices 


for Teett 


I and Tools: Wrench, ffl.OO. I 


Ldiustable 1 


"■ooth, 50 cents 


Eccentric 


Fastener, 


31.00. Fo 


llowers, 20 


cents each, 


list. 





34 



E. C. Atkins & Co., 



KERF KING SAWS. 



Twelve-Gauge Circular Saws for Log Mills. 



ADVANTAGES TO BE GAINED IN USING THE KERF KING SAWS. 

Saws constructed by this 
method will run with mucht 
narrower swage or set, and dO' 
their work with less binding 
and friction, thus avoiding the 
expenditure of a great portion; 
of the motive power usually; 
employed in driving such saws.^ 
A large saving is made in the 
Kerf, which is an important 
item, of loss in lumber manu- 
factured by the old method 
with heavy saws, a large 
amount of lumber being wast- 
ed in sawdust. 

The Kerf King Saws are 
made at center from 4 to 
gauge thick, according to size 
of saw, and are left even thick- 
ness at center for a space of 
about 7 inches diameter. They 
are shouldered on one or both 
sides and ground abruptly to 
ten-gauge. From the shoulder 
they are evenly ground to th^i 
rim twelve-gai'ige. 




'/^-n-^' 



PKICE-LIST. 



Diameter. 


Thickness. 


Hub Diam. 


Number of 


Size of Hole. 


Price. 


Inches. 


Gauge. 


Inches. 


Teeth. 


Inches. 


Each. ' 


30 


8x12x14 


6 


40 


2 


$25 00 


3^ 


8x12x14 


6 


42 


2 


28 00 


34 


8x12x14 


6 


44 


2 


82 00 


36 


8x12x14 


6 


46 


2 


36 00 


38 


8x12x14 


6 


48 


2 


42 00 


40 


7x11x13 


6^ 


50 


2 


50 00 


42 


7x11x13 


6^1 
6^ 


52 


2 


60 00 


44 


7x11x13 


54 


2 


73 00 


46 


7x11x13 


6K. 


56 


2 


85 00 


48 


7x11x13 


6K 


58 


2 


100 00 


50 


6x10x12 




60 


2 


112 00 


52 


6x10x12 




62 


2 


125 00 


54 


6x10x12 




06 


2 


140 00 


56 


6x10x12 




66 


2 


160 00 


58 


6x10x12 




70 


2 


180 00 


60 


6x10x12 




70 


2 


200 00 


62 


6x10x12 




72 


2 


240 00 


64 


6x10x12 




76 


2 


265 (0 


66 


6x10x12 




76 


2 


300 00 


66 


5x 8x10 




72 


2 


300 00 


68 


6x10x12 




80 


2 


350 00 


68 


5x 8x10 




80 


2 


350 00 


70 


6x10x12 




80 


2 


400 GO 


70 


5x 8x10 




80 


2 


400 00 


72 


6x10x12 




80 


2 


450 00 


72 


6x 8x10 




80 


2 


450 00 



The number of teeth is given for a speed of 400 to 500 revolutions per min- 
ute for 48-in. diameter and over. For each hundred increase in speed add ten 
to the number of teeth. The flat hub at center of saw should be one inctu! 
larger in diameter than collar on saw mandrel. 1 1 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



35 



SOLID TOOTH CIRCULAR SAWS. 

Patent Ground and Tempered. 

Made of best selected Cast Steel— extra quality. Workmanship unequaled. 



Diameter 


Thick- 
ness 
Gauge. 


Size of 

Hole 

Inches. 


Price 


Extra for 
each addi- 
tional 
Gauge, 
(Heavier.") 


Price for 
Beveling 


Setting and 
Sharpening 


Inches. 


Each. 


New Saws 
Per Gauge. 


Cross-Cut 
Saws, each. 


4 


1!» 


% 


51 00 


«0 03 


80 14 


$0 35 


5 


19 


% 


1 20 


04 


16 


40 


6 


18 


-% 


1 40 


05 


18 


45 


7 


18 


% 


1 70 


Ofi 


20 


50 


8 


18 


'/s 


2 00 


08 


22 


55 


9 


17 


Vs 


2 50 


10 


25 


60 


10 


16 


1 


3 00 


12 


28 


65 


11 


16 


1 


8 50 


14 


30 


70 -S 


12 15 


t 


3 75 


17 


35 


75 O 


14 


15 


^^'a 


4 50 


21 


40 


85 i 


16 


14 


1^8 


5 50 


25 


50 


95 o 


18 


13 


V's 


7 00 


80 


60 


1 05 £ 


20 


13 


5. '4 


8 50 


35 


70 


1 15 a, 


22 


12 


nl 


10 00 


45 


80 


1 30 .H 


24 


11 


iri 


12 00 


55 


90 


1 45 ^ 


26 


11 


14 00 


65 


1 05 


1 60 .^ 


28 


10 


1% 


16 00 


80 


1 20 


1 75 "^ 


30 


10 


yys 


18 00 


90 


1 30 


1 95 % 


32 


10 


Wi 


20 00 


1 CO 


1 40 


2 05 S 


31 


9 


w^ 


22 50 


1 20 


1 55 


2 35 ^ 


36 


9 


iVa 


25 50 


1 40 


1 70 


2 55 .S- 


38 


9 


1% 


30 00 


1 75 


I 85 


2 75 ^ 


40 


9 


2 


35 00 


2 00 


2 00 


2 95 Sf 


42 


8 


2 


42 (10 


2 60 


2 20 


3 15 .5 


44 


8 


2 


50 00 


3 00 


2 40 


3 35 £ 


46 


8 


2 


60 00 


3 50 


2 60 


3 60 e^ 


48 


8 


2 


70 GO 


4 00 


2 80 


3 80 fe 


50 


7 


2 


80 00 


4 50 


3 GO 


4 10 -g 


52 


7 


2 


90 00 


5 00 


3 25 


4 40 CO 


54 


7 


2 


100 00 


6 00 


3 50 


4 70 P 


56 


7 


2 


115 00 


7 00 


3 75 


5 00 f 


58 


7 


2 


130 00 


8 00 


4 05 


5 30 ^ 


60 


6 


2 


145 00 


9 00 


4 35 


5 60 ta 


62 


6 


2 


160 00 


10 00 


4 65 


6 00 ■£ 


61 


6 


2 


180 00 


12 00 


5 00 


6 30 «^ 


66 


6 


2 


200 00 


15 00 


5 35 


6 60 


68 


5 


2 


225 00 


18 00 


5 75 


6 90 


70 


5 


2 


255 00 


21 00 


6 15 


7 20 


72 


5 


2 


290 00 


24 00 


6 55 


7 60 


74 5 


2 


330 00 


27 00 


7 00 


7 80 


76 ' 5 2 


375 00 


30 00 


7 50 


8 10 


Filing and setting rip sa^ 


vs, 40 in. and under, % price for 


setting and 


sharpening Cross-Cut Saws. 






No extra charge for saws o 


ne gauge thicker than list. 




Saws 38 inches and under 


beveled one gauge without extra cl 


large. 


Saws 40 inches and over be 


veled two gauges without extra cha 


rge. 


We furnish Lathe Saws fo 


r handle turning machines and sii 


nilar work at 


special prices. 






Saws 48 inches in diamett 


}r, and larger, thinner than ten ga 


ug^e, add ten 


per cent, f 


or each ga 


uge thinn 


er, and no \ 


varrant. 







36 



E. C. Atkins & Co. 



TOP SAWS FOR DOUBLE MILLS. 





Diameter in Inches. 


Gauge. 


24 


26 


28 


30 


32 


34 


36 


10 each 


512 00 


S14 50 $16 00 


818 00 


ff20 00 


«22 50 


S25 50 



EE-SAWIHG OR SIDING SAWS. 

GROUND TAPERING. 



Diame+er. 
lucJie,s. 


Gauge. 


Price, Each. 


Diameter, 
luciies. 


Gauge. 


Price, Each. 


10 


13xT7 


«7 00 


2S 


9x13 


819 60 


16 


.12XJ6 


7 25 


28 


9x14 


20 80 


16 


11x15 


7 50 


28 


8x13 


20 40 


18 


12x10 


8 80 


30 


9X13 


21 90 


18 


11x15 


9 10 


30 


9xH 


23 20 


18 


12x17 


9 40 


30 


8X13 


24 n 


20 


12x16 


10 60 


32 


0x13 


24 20 


20 


11X15 


10 95 


82 


9x11 


25 60 


20 


12x17 


11 30 


32 


Sxli 


26 60 


22 


11x15 


12 40 


34 


9X13 


27 15 


22 


10x14 


12 85 


34 


8X13 


28 70 


22 


11x16 


13 20 


34 


8x14 


SO 25 


24 


lOxlt 


14 70 


86 


8x13 


32 30 


24 


9x13 


15 25 


36 


8X11 


84 00 


24 


10x15 


15 60 


33 


7X14 


37 10 


26 


10x14 


17 15 


33 


8X12 


35 55 


26 


9x13 


17 80 


38 


8X13 


37 40 


26 


10x15 


18 20 


38 

i 


7X13 


41 00 



EDGER SAWS. 





Gauge. 






Diameter in ] 


NCHES. 








12 


14 


IG 


18 


20 


22 


24 


12 
11 . 


each 


«4 10 
4 25 
4 45 
4 GO 
4 75 


«4 95 
5 15 
5 35 
5 55 
5 75 


S5 75 
6 00 
6 25 
G 50 
6 75 


t7 00 
7 30 
7 60 

7 90 

8 20 


68 50 

8 85 

9 20 
9 55 
9 90 


SIO 00 
10 00 
10 45 

10 90 

11 35 


SI 2 00 
12 00 


10 " 


12 00 


9 " 


12 55 


8 " 


13 10 







Indianapolis, Ind. 



37 



SHINGLE AND HEADING SAWS, OF THE BEST 
SELECTED CAST STEEL. 





LEFT HAND 



RIGHT HAND 







TAPERED AND PATENT GROUND. 






Inches 


30 


32 


34 


36 


38 


40 


42 44 


4G 


48 


Each .. 


$29 00 


32 OO 


35 00 


38 50 44 00 


50 00 


60 00 72 00 85 00100 00 




Inches 




50 


52 


54 


56 








Each . 




$115 00 


$135 00 


$155 00 


$17fi on 

















When ordering Shingle Saws give following specifications : Diam- 
eter of saw in inches, thickness or gauge of saw at center and at rim, 
full sketch of pattern of holes and sample of scrcAV by which to drill 
and countersink saw. If you have a flange, send it, to have holes 
drilled in saw to fit flange. If you wish us to furnish the flange, send 
full and correct sketch, diameter, thickness, holes, etc. Give maker's 
name of machine upon which saw is to be used, number of teeth you 
desire to have in saw, and be sure to give flat or countersunk side, 
and the direction in which the teeth run. (See engraving above.) 

SHINGLE AND HEADING SAW FLANGES. 



Inches, diameter 

For Saws, diameter 
Each 



30 to 34 
818 00 



20 
36 to 38 
820 00 



21H 
40 to 46 
821 50 



24 
48 to 50 
824 00 



38 



E. C. Atkins & Co. 



CONCAVE SAWS. 




LEFT HAND. 




RIGHT HAND. 



Inches. 


Gauge. 


Price, each. 


Extra for each 

additional Gauge. 

Cents. 


4 


16 


$2 20 


5 


6 


16 


2 20 


5 


7 


15 


2 60 


6 


8 


15 


3 10 


8 


9 


15 


3 60 


10 


10 


14 


4 50 


13 


12 


14 


5 90 


17 


14 


13 


7 20 


21 


16 


13 


9 00 


25 


18 


12 


10 75 


30 


20 

22 


12 

12 


13 50 
16 50 


35 

40 , 


All Saws concav 

Extra sizes mad( 

cut ; also, which sic 

ning toward you. ( 


ed to a smaller circ 
i to order. Wheu o 
e is to be dished or 
See cut) 


Le than 16 inches, e 
rdering Concave Sa 
concaved, right or 


stra price. 

ws, give circle to be 

left-hand, Saw run- 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



39 



CIRCULAR MITER SAWS. 



HOLLOW CtROUND. 



.^'^ 



^^' 



h^ 



VMN S 



^ dL 



\ 



These saws are ground to run 
without set, especially adapted 
for smooth cutting, such as 
Cabinet and Cigar-box work. 
When ordering, give size of 
center hole, also diameter of 
collar on mandrel. 






X. 






Gauge 


Gauge 


Price 


Size. 


at 
Hole. 


at 
Teeth 


Each. 


^ 6 in. 


19 


16 


83 50 


^ 7 in. 


19 


16 


3 75 


^ 8 in 


19 


16 


4 00 


t 9 in 


18 


15 


4 75 


f 10 in. 


17 


14 


5 00 


$ 11 in. 
f 12 in. 


17 


14 


5 25 


17 


14 


5 75 


X 14 in. 


17 


14 


6 75 


:^ 16 in. 


16 


13 


7 50 


^ 18 in 


16 


13 


8 25 


20 in. 


16 


13 


10 00 


22 in. 


15 


12 


12 00 


24 in. 


15 


12 


14 00 



GROOVING SAWS. 



Extra gauges heavy.and bevel- 
ing will be charged for same as 
our regular circular saw li;>t. 










THICKNESS. 






Diam. 
















luches. 


Ys Inch. 


x=s Inch. 


>4Inch. 


j% Inch. 


% Inch. 


/h Inch. 


K Inch. 


4 


$1 20 


$1 40 


$1 60 


$2 50 


$3 50 


S4 50 


$5 50 


5 


1 55 


1 75 


2 10 


3 00 


4 00 


5 00 


6 00 


6 


1 90 


2 20 


2 70 


3 50 


4 50 


5 50 


6 50 


7 


2 30 


2 70 


3 30 • 


4 00 


5 00 


6 00 


7 00 


8 


2 70 


3 20 


3 90 


4 75 


5 75 


6 75 


7 75 


9 


3 30 


3 75 


4 50 


5 25 


6 25 


7 25 


8 25 


10 


3 90 


4 50 


5 10 


6 00 


7 00 


8 00 


9 00 


11 


4 50 


5 10 


5 70 


6 50 


7 50 


8 50 


9 50 


12 


5 10 


5 70 


6 25 


7 50 


8 50 


9 50 


10 50 


Space Te 


eth % in. 


1 inch. 


1 inch. 


l^inch. 


l^^inch. 


l^inch. 


2 inch. 



Saws with less space or special teeth extra price. 



40 



B. C. Atkins & Co., 



MILLING SAWS FOR METAL. 














Extra for 


Diameter. 


Gauge. 


Size of 


No. of 


Price, 


Each Addi- 


Hole. 


Teeth. 


Each. 


tional Gauge 












Heavier. 


2 


22 X 20 


K 


48 


SI 40 


$0 02 


:', 


22 X 20 


y^ 


64 


1 70 


03 


4 


21 X 19 


3Z 


76 


1 90 


04 


5 


20x18 


7A 


8S 


2 30 


05 


6 


19x17 




96 


2 90 


06 


7 


18x16 




104 


3 35 


08 


8 


18x16 




110 


4 00 


10 


9 


17 X lo 




116 


5 00 


12 


10 


16 X 14 


JT/ 


120 


6 25 


15 


12 


16 X 13 


1/i 


134 


7 75 


21 


14 


14x11 


148 


10 00 


26 


16 


13 X 10 


160 


12 00 


31 


18 


12 X 9 


1^ 


172 


15 00 


38 


20 


11 X 8 


1^4 


184 


18 50 


45 


22 


10 X 7 


2 


192 


21 7o 


55 


24 


9x 6 


2 


200 


25 75 


70 


26 


9x 6 


V4 

91^ 


208 


31 00 


80 


28 


8x 5 


214 


34 50 


1 00 


30 


8x5 


222 


38 50 


1 12 


32 


7x 4 


228 


44 00 


1 25 


34 


6x 3 


2% 
2>| 


232 


48 50 


1 50 


36 


6x 3 


236 


54 00 


1 75 


38 


5x 2 


240 


61 00 


2 00 


40 


5x 2 


256 


68 00 


2 30 


42 


}i^^^, 


3 


260 


76 00 


2 CO 


44 


\ X /, 


3 


266 


85 00 


2 90 


4'; 


M >^' ij 


3 


272 


95 00 


3 25 


48 


^1 X K 


3 


280 


110 00 


3 60 



Indianapoi^is, Ind. 



41 




VENEERING SAWS IN SEGMENTS. 



When ordering segments, 
give gauge or thickness at 
butt, gauge or thickness at 
edge, depth of bevel, diam- 
eter of saw that segments are 

to form, number of segments >fflffla»Hw^^ 'FVAT ^^ 
in saw, depth of segments, 

number of teeth in each seg- ^mmm,mmmi rmwrrcocawivt «^\t\^i 
ment, sample of screw bj^''''''^^ 
which to drill and counter- ^ight Hand, 

sink flat or countersunk side, and direction in which teeth run. (See 

engraving). In ordering for 

aflangethat has been drUled, 

\ ^V send a sheet-iron or tin 

templet, or a correct tracing, 
l^S. ISt showing holes and other par- 

ticulars; or one of the old 
/^^^ ^^^^^^^fc segments, giving the depth 

W/MM "^^f^ c>R ^^^fc they originally were. 

Left Hand. 

PRICE SEGMENT SAWS. 

12 inches deep, No. 5 gauge, per foot in diameter of saw 817 05 

12 inches deep, No. 6 gauge, per foot in diameter of saw 16 20 

12 inches deep, No. 7 gauge, per foot in diameter of saw 15 60 

12 inches deep. No. 8 gauge, per foot in diameter of saw 14 50 

12 inches deep, No. 9 gauge, per foot in diameter of saw 14 00 

12 inches deep, No. 10 gauge, per foot in diameter of saw 13 50 

Add five per cent, for each additional inch in depth. 

Deduct five per cent, for each inch under twelve inches in depth. 

CIRCULAR SAWS OR DISCS, FOR CUTTING HOT 
OR COLD IRON. 




Diameter. 


Thickness. 


Price. 


Diameter. 


Thickness. 


Price. 


Inches. 


Gauge. 


Each. 


Inches. 


Gauge. 


Each. 


14 


10 


$4 00 


34 


5 


$18 50 


16 


10 


5 00 


36 


5 


20 50 


18 


8 


6 50 


38 


4 


24 00 


20 


8 


7 50 


40 


3 


29 50 


22 


7 


9 00 


42 


3 


35 00 


24 


7 


10 50 


44 


3 


41 00 


26 


7 


12 00 


46 


3 


50 00 


28 


6 


13 50 


48 


3 


60 00 


30 


6 


15 50 


50 


3 


70 00 


32 


6 


17 00 









42 



E. C. Atkins & Co., 



WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AGENTS FOR THE WHIT- 
NEY PATENT STAVE SAWING MACHINE. 



THE MOST PRACTICAL MACHINE MADE. 




We make a specialty of re-steeling cylinder saws. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Cylinder and Bilge Saws of all descriptions. All these 
saws are tempered and ground by patented processes, which add greatly 
to their durability and efficiency. 



PRICE-LIST OF SAWS FOR BUCKET, TUB, KEG AND BARREL 
STAVES. 



KIND OF STAVE. 



Diameter 

of 

Saw. 



Length 

Saw 
Inside. 



Price of 
Saw with 

Wood 

Frame and 

Iron 

Carriage 

Complete 



Price of 
Saw with 
Iron 
Frame 
and Iron 
Carriage 
Com- 
plete. 



For buckets or pails 

For small tubs 

For wash tubs 

For large wash tubs 

For 5 gallon kegs 

For 10 gallon kegs 

For 15 gallon kegs or half bbls 
For 20 gallon kegs or fish bbls 

For flour barrels 

For tight barrels 



11 inch. 
15 " 
20 " 
22 " 

12 " 
15 " 
16K" 
18 " 
20 " 
24 " 



15 inch. 

15 

19 

22 

20 

24 

30 

32 

38 

42 



8U8 00 
188 40 
291 60 
351 78 
185 18 
256 80 
337 28 
372 14 



$780 00 
950 00 



Cylinder saws of other sizes than those mentioned above made 
to order at corresponding prices. Bilging Cylinder Saws of all sizes 
made to order. Prices named on receipt of inquiry giving size of 
saw and radius of bilge. Write for circulars and prices. 



IndianapoIvIS, Ind. 43 



REPAIRING SAWS. 







We make a specialty of repairing saws, employing in that depart- 
ment expert workmen, whose experience and skill with our improved 
machinery and appliances, enable us to make repairs promptly and 
in the best possible manner. 

PARTICULAR NOTICE TO PARTIES SENDING SAWS FOR REPAIR; 
PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS: 

The case or package containing them should be not only plainly 
marked to our address, but should have upon it also the name and 
post-office address of the party sending them. We receive hundreds 
of saws for repair, and it is impossible to identify them without the 
name of the owner on each. Attention to this matter at the time of 
shipping will save delay and annoyance. Send by mail full instruc- 
tions of work to be done, and shipping directions for the return of 
the saw when finished. Never fail to state whether mill saw is to be 
used on a right or left hand mill. Breaking in Kepairing at 
Owner's Risk. 



44 



E. C. Atkins & Co., 



REPAIRING SAWS. 

Net Prices. Not Subject to Discount. 



Diameter. 


Hammering 


Gumming 

and 
Hammering 


Cutting 
down, re- 


Grinding 


Grinding 
additional 


Inches. 


only. 


toothi'g and 
Hammering 


first gauge. 


gauges. 
Each gauge. 


4 


$0 20 


$0 25 


$0 35 


$0 10 


$0 07 


5 


25 


35 


40 


15 


10 


6 


30 


40 


50 


15 


10 


7 


35 


45 


55 


25 


17 


8 


40 


55 


65 


30 


20 


9 


45 


60 


75 


^ 35 


23 


10 


50 


65 


fl 80 


I 40 


27 


12 


55 


75 


1 95 


i 40 


28 


14 


60 


90 


-^ 1 20 


1 50 


33 


16 


75 


w 105 


^130 


^ 55 
^ 65 


37 


18 


80 


g 1 20 


'5 145 


44 


20 


90 


^ 1 30 


g 160 


o 75 


50 


22 


120 


■5 1 80 


^2 20 


t^ 80 


53 


24 


130 


% 195 


i 2 40 


-3 95 
"I 115 


63 


26 


140 


;^ 2 10 


=^2 60 


77 


28 


155 


a 2 25 


1 2 80 


^ 130 


87 


30 


160 


r^ 2 40 


«2 3 00 


145 


97 


32 


2 05 


.S 3 10 


'^ 3 85 


ta 1 60 


107 


34 


2 20 


&) 3 30 


a> 4 10 


•S 175 


1 17 


36 


2 35 


^3 45 


•S 4 35 


g 1 95 


130 


38 


2 45 


I 3 65 


fi 4 55 


§2 10 

1 2 40 


140 


40 


2 60 


1 3 85 


° 4 80 


1 60 


42 


3 40 


c» 5 05 


1 6 30 


W 2 80 


187 


44 


3 55 


a 5 30 


J 6 60 


2i 2 95 


197 


46 


3 70 


rh ^^^ 


g 6 95 


'3 3 05 


2 03 


48 


3 85 


^ 5 80 


-^3 7 20 


g' 3 20 


2 13 


50 


4 00 


% 6 20 


" 7 50 


^3 35 


2 23 


52 


5 60 


fl 8 35 


-I 10 40 


a 3 45 


2 30 


54 


5 80 


^ 8 65 


|:10 80 


§ 3 60 


2 40 


56 


6 00 


i^ 8 95 


^ 11 20 


SI) 3 75 


2 50 


58 


6 20 


9 30 


-3 1160 


i 3 85 


2 57 


60 


6 40 


9 60 


.2 12 00 


P^ 4 00 


2 67 


62 


8 30 


12 40 


H 15 50 


^4 15 


2 77 


64 


8 60 


12 80 


16 00 


cc 4 35 


2 90 


66 


8 80 


13 20 


16 50 


4 40 


2 93 


68 


9 10 


13 60 


17 00 


4 55 


3 03 


70 


9 35 


14 00 


17 50 


4 75 


3 17 


72 


9 60 


14 40 


18 00 


4 80 


3 20 


74 


9 90 


14 80 


18 50 


4 90 


3 27 



These prices are Net. When we Gum Saws we grind the teeth Free. 
Saws re-ground require Hammering. See List for Hammering. 



IndianapoIvIS, Ind. 45 



REPAIRING SAWS. 



Net Prices. 



MILL OR MULAY SAWS. 

Re-toothing and Hammering, each, to 5 ft., $1.25, over 5 ft., $1.50. 
Hammering only, each, to 5 ft., 75c., over 5 ft., $1. 00. 

DRAG SAWS. 

Re-toothing, Hammering and Filing, each ...-. $] 50 

Hammering only, each 75 

Setting and Siiarpening only, each 75 

Re-toothing and Hammering only, each 1 00 

TAPER-GROUND SHINGLE AND HEADING SAWS. 

All sizes, Gummed and Hammered, per inch in diameter $0 15 

All sizes. Hammered, per inch in diameter 10 



REPAIRING CROSS-CUT SAWS. 



Hammering $0 50 eac 

Gumming and Hammering 75 

Gumming, Hammering and Filing 1 00 

Re-toothing, Hammering and Filing 1 50 

Setting and Sharpening only 50 



BAND SAW BLADES. 



Brazing wide Blade for Log Mill... $2.00 each braze. 

Hammering 3c per in., per in. width, per running ft. 

Gumming and Toothing 4c per running ft. 

Filing and Swaging 4c per running ft. 



46 E. C. Atkins & Co., 



REPAIRING BURNED SAWS. 

The temper of burned saws can generally be restored. We make! 
a specialty of this class of work, and rarely fail to make such saws as 
good as new. We undertake the work at owner's risk, though no' 
charge will be made by us in case of failure. Please prepay freight 
on all such saws. I 

TEMPERING. GUMMING. STRAIGHTENING AND GRINDING- 

SIZE. PRICE. 

30 inches $6 00 

32 inches 7 00 

34 inches 8 00 

36 inches 8 50 

38 inches 9 00 

40 inches 9 50 

42 inches 10 50 

44 inches 12 00 

46 inches 13 50 

48 inches 15 00 

50 inches 17 50 

52 inches 20 00 

54 inches 22 50 

56 inches 25 00 

58 inches , 27 50 

60 inches 30 00 

62 inches 34 00 

64 inches 38 00 

66 inches 44 00 

68 inches 50 00 

70 inches 58 00 

All sizes under 30 inches, one-third list price for Circular Saws. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 47 



BAND SAWS. 



SUGGESTIONS FOE THE SUCCESSFUL USE AND 
CARE OF BAND SAWS. 



THE MILL. 



The first requisite is a well constructed mill, having closely fitted 
bearings, perfectly balanced wheels, and sufficient weight of metal 
properly distributed to stand the heaviest strain put upon it, without 
vibration. Prevent vibration from every cause, as much as possible, 
by keeping the mill in perfect condition, the saws in perfect tension > 
and everything in good order. 

CROWN OF WHEELS. 

Wheels having too much crown are objectionable. They produce 
excessive vibration. The saw must be opened up through the mid- 
dle to fit the crown of the wheels, therefore, requires more rolling and 
hammering than if the face of the wheel is flat. If the wheels have 
too much crown the saw is not as flat when strained. It is subject to 
greater friction in the guides and in the log. It cuts a wider kerf. 
It is more liable to crack from uneven tension when strained and 
from vibration. It will not make as straight lines. It will not cut 
as smooth lumber. Therefore, wheels with flat, or nearly flat faces 
are preferable. About one sixty-fourth of an inch crown in a width 
of 10 inches is the limit permitted. 



48 



B. C. ATKINS & Co. 



OPERATOR'S ROOM AND TOOLS. 

If the location of the mill will permit, have the operating room 
well lighted from the north. Locate the anvil, etc., as shown in 
Figure 10. 




Fig 10. 

Note. — A indicates position of operator and hammer board; B anvil 
C anvil block; D leveling table; E saw board. 



For hand work the tools required are : 

One anvil, of 80 to 100 pounds weight; one cross-face, one round- 
face and one twist-face hammer, weight of each about 3.]- pounds ; 
one five foot and one twelve inch straight-edge ; one tension gauge ; 
one leveling table; one brazing table and irons; one portable forge 
for heating the irons ; one Victor Swage ; one Pribnow Shaper, or 
one Combined Pribnow Swage and Shaper ; one side file ; one 
jointer ; one set of pulleys and stands ; one clamp for setting, swag- 
ing and jointing; round edge mill saw files. 

For machine work : 

One roller stretching machine; one automatic band saw shari) 
ener; one automatic power swage; one scarfing machine. 

All the above we are prepared to furnish on application. 



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TENSION. 

The tension should be as perfectly uniform as possible through- 
out the length of the blade. A fast place may cause fracture from 
undue strain at that point ; and a loose place, from excessive vibra- 
tion. The tension should be so adjusted that the saw will bear firmly 
upon the face of the wheels, the principal strain being near the edges 
of the saw. When the saw is in proper tension the central portion 
of the blade is expanded, or opened up, so that when the saw is raised, 
tlie middle will drop away from the straight-edge j\ to y\ of an inch, 
as in Figure 11. 

Two methods of testing for tension are in use. In the first method 
tlie operator raises the saw while the straight edge is held firmly 




Fig. 11. 



Note.— First Method. The central portion being in proper tension, drops 
from the straight-edge when the saw is raised. If too open, roll or hammer 
with the round-face hammer along both edges on both sides of the saw. 



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across it, and the loose or open places will drop away from the 
straight edge (as in Fig. 11), and the fast or firm places will be drawn 
to the straight-edge (as in Fig. 12) . This is the method in common 
use, and is the most convenient. 




Fig. 12. 

Note.— First Method. The central portion being fast and requires open- 
ing up, is drawn to the straight-edge when the saw is raised. These fast places 
require rolling, or hammering with the round-face hammer on both sides of 
the saw. 



^ In the second method the saw is pressed down by the operator (as 
in Fig. 13), and in this method the loose places are drawn to the 
straight-edge (Fig. 13), and the fast or firm places drop away from it 
(Fig. 14). Some experts claim this method, although more difficult 
to operate, will disclose variations of tension, even the smallest loose 
and fast places, which could not be detected by the first method 





Fig. IS. 

Note.— Second Method. The open or loose place.s are drawn to the 
straight-edge when the saw is pressed down. If too open, roll or hammer with 
the round-face hammer along both edges on both sides of the saw 




Fig. 14 

Note.— Second Method. The fast or firm places drop away from the 
straight-edge when the saw is pressed down. These fast places require opening 
up with the rolls, or round face hammer. Hammer on both sides of the saw. 



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To increase the tension, open up the center or body of the saw 
by rolling or hammering (see dotted lines Fig. 16). If the rolls are 
used, some hammering will be required after rolling, to even up the 
tension so as to make it uniform throughout the length of the blade. 
The greatest tension should be in the middle of the blade, decreasing; 
gradually to within a short distance from the edges, say f to 1^ inchj 
on the back edge, and 1 to 2 inches on the tooth edge. 

The wider the saw and the heavier the work to be done, the wider: 
the firm band on the edge should be. This is evident when it is re-- 
membered that a 12-inch band saw is subjected to a strain of from six 
to seven tons in use, in addition to the strain of the cut. By this 
means a narrow, firm band extends the length of the saw, along each 
edge, which receives the principal strain. 



Fig. 15. 



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Note — If the saw is too open reduce the tension by rolling, or hammering 
with the round-face hammer on both sides of the saw, near both edges, as in- 
dicated by the dotted lines. 



Fig. 16. 

Note.— To open the saw and give it more tension, roll or hammer with the 
round face hammer along the central portion of the saw indicated by the 
dotted lines. 



If the saw has too much tension, that is to say, is opened up too 
much through the center, the tension may be decreased by hammeringi ^ 
near the edges of the saw, on both sides (see dotted lines on Fig. 15). 



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The round-face hammer is used for tensioning; light strokes should 
be used, and the hammering done equally on both sides of the saw. 
Keep at least I of an inch from the edge of the saw. Test frequently 
with the straight-edge or tension gauge. Hammer as little as possi- 
ble. No heavy blows slionid be struck, and the hammer faces should 
be nearly flat. Tlie tension must be adjusted to suit the crown of the 
wheel and feed used, the drop from the level in testing varying from 
tV ^^ TZ ^^ ^^ inch in ten inches wide. In hammering and rolling a 
band saw to adjust the tension, all the work must be done on the fast 
or firm part of the blade. The tension gauge (Fig. 17), with the 
edges curved to suit the crown of wheels and feed used, will be found 
useful in testing for tension, and if the saw is in proper tension, and 
the saw raised by the operator, the blade should fit the curve of the 
tension gauge. 




Tension Gauge. Fig. 17. 

Note.— The tension gauge may be made with curves of different diameter 
on its edges. If the tension gauge is of the proper curve for your mill the saw 
when raised, if in proper tension, would fit the curve of the gauge. 



TWISTS AND LUMPS. 

These are detected by the use of the short straight-edge while the 
saw rests on the leveling table, and are removed by hammering lightly 
with the cross-face and twist-face hammers. The faces of these ham- 
mers should be nearly flat. Heavy blows and sharp hammers are 
sure to crystallize the steel and cause fracture at the point of contact. 
Lay the saw upon the leveling table, examine it by passing a straight- 
edge over it at different angles. Whenever ridges appear, trace their 
direction, or the angle at which they run along the surface of the 
saw, and mark same with a piece of chalk. Draw the part which 



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shows lumps or twists over the anvil, and hammer down the ridges. 
In hammering down the ridges the face of the hammer should always 
run in the direction of the ridge. 



STRAIGHTENING THE BACK. 

Use the five foot straight-edge on the back of the saw. While it I 
rests on the leveling table, mark the extent of the curve with the; 
chalk. 

The back of the saw may be drawn to a straight line or a true 
outward curve, by using the round-face hammer upon and near the 
edge, carrying the blows into the central portion of the saw (Fig. 18), 
and so preventing unequal expansion, and leaving the saw open. 
Or better, by the use of the rolls in the same way. 










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Fig. 18. 

Note.— If the back of the saw curves from the straight-edge, as shown, roll 
or hammer with the round-face hammer on both sides of the saw, as shown in 
the shading, until the back shows rounding about i^ to % inch in 15 feet. A 
convenient method of testing the curve is to place two iron pins 15 feet apart, 
and one pin central between the others on the curve you find operates best on 
your mill, which should not exceed j\ of an inch in 15 feet. By moving the 
saw along with the back resting against the pins, every section of the saw may 
be gauged to a true curve, suitable for your mill. 



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Short Straight-edgs. Fig. lu. 

Note.— For testing saw for twists and lumps on leveling table, and when 
hung on the wheels. Also used in testing saw for tension, as illustrated in 
Figures 11 and 12, First Method, and 13 and 14, Second Method. In testing 
with straight-edge for tension, the space between the straight-edge and saw 
through which the light passes, should be the same throughout the entire 
length of the saw, and there should be no places where the tension varies 
from the center, or is too close to the edge of the saw. 

If the back of the saw is too rounding, the hammering or rolling 
must be done upon the toothed edge. Light blows should be used, 
and both sides of the saw hamm-ered equally, care being taken not to 
give heavy blows on the extreme edge of the saw, which may 
cause fracture. 

It is desirable that the toothed edge should be strained a little 
tighter than any other portion of the saw. To accomplish this, and 
preserve uniformity of tension, the back of the saw should be 
rolled or hammered to a curve, showing about 3^^ inch in 5 feet, or ^ 
inch in 15 feet rounding, then by tilting the upper wheel so that the 
saw has a uniform pressure all across the blade, this will secure a 
tightly strained tooth edge without subjecting the saw to undue 
strain upon the edge, caused by an all tilt movement. 

Do not permit the back of the saw to touch the back guide wheel. 
[f it becomes case hardened by running against the guide wheel, hold 
I piece of soft emery wheel against the back edge, while moving 
lowly, and so remove the case-hardened portion at once. 

The strain put upon the saw in the best constructed mills is 
rarely over 5,000 to 12,000 pounds, and should be only sufficient to 
prevent slipping on the wheels. The use of the roller or stretching 
nachine for putting in tension and regulating the curve of the back 



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is preferable to all hammering, but the use of the hammer after 
rolling is necessary to insure the perfect adjustment of tension. 

To arrest cracks and prevent their extension into the blade, punch 
a small hole at the extreme end of the fracture. 



TABLE OF STKAIN FOR BAND SAWS. 

COMPILED FROM STANDARD AUTHORITIES. 



Size, 


Gauge. 


Pounds. ! 


Size. 


Gauge. 


Pounds. 


inches. 




1 


Inches 






6 


16 


4,212 


9 


15 


6.993 


6 


17 


3,756 


9 


16 


6,318 


C) 


18 


3,174 


10 


13 


10,260 


6 


19 


2,718 


10 


14 


8,960 


6 


20 


2,268 


10 


15 


7,770 


7 


15 


5,439 


11 


13 


11,286 


7 


16 


4,914 


11 


14 


9,856 


7 


17 


4,382 


11 


15 


8,547 


8 


14 


7,168 


12 


13 


12,312 


8 


15 


6,216 


12 


14 


10,752 


8 


16 


5,616 


12 


15 


9,324 


9 


14 


8,064 ' 

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FEED, PITCH OF TEETH AND CLEARANCE. 

These are important features in the use of Band Saws. 

The speed should be maintained at a uniform rate. Sudden and I 
excessive increase is liable to result in fracture of the saw. Under • 
heavy feed the pitch of tlie teeth should be in corresponding ratio, , 
say from 4 to 6^ inches in ten inches width of saw, and the clearance 
on the back of the tooth maintained at a proper angle to the pitch. 
If the pitch and clearance are maintained at the proper ratio, the ' 
saw will run steady on the wheels witiiout lateral motion, and if I 
properly tensioned, seldom, if ever, touch the back guide wheel or ' 
run off the wheels. This matter of pitch and clearance has been i 
deemed of sufficient consequence to be made the subject of an elabo- ■ 



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rate geometrical claim in patent No. 521,343, by Dexter Hazzard. 
Variations from the formula laid down are admissible in different 
kinds of timber and under varying requirements. 

SHAPE AND SWAGING OF TEETH. 

The teeth should be as short as will afford proper dust room, and 
gullets always round ; no sharp corners to invite fracture. Long teeth 
vibrate in the cut, and vibration from any cause is ruinous to suc- 
cessful band saw practice. In band swaging we advise the use of the 
Pribnow Combined Swage and Shaper, or the Victor (Parke) Swage, 
to be followed by the Pribnow Shaper. The shaper insures a perfect 
shape of point, having the under cut or bevel from outside of point 
to blade, essential to perfect lines and smooth work. 

OUE SILVER STEEL. 

We can assure our patrons that the Silver Steel used in our Band 
Saws, and made on formulas expressly for us, is not excelled by any 
other steel, and the saws with proper usage will wear out without 
fracture. Fluxes, such as Aluminum, and alloys, such as Nickel, are 
useful, and are used in the manufacture of our steels, but these things 
in the absence of high grade material and the proper per centage of 
carbon, will not produce fine steel having the qualities of toughness, 
elasticity and edge-holding qualities characteristic of our High 
Grade Silvkr Steel, which we guarantee superior to any in these 
essential particulars, as well as our superior method of manufacture. 



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ATKINS' SILVER STEEL BAND SAWS, 



Every saw is joined, filed, set and fitted ready to go on the milli 
without further hammering. 





ATKINS' SILVER STEEL BAND SAWS. 



LIST PRICES. 



Width. 


Usual Gauge. 


Per Running Foot. 


2 inches. 


17 to 19 


$0 50 


2| 


17 to 19 


65 


3 


17 to 19 


80 


3^ 


17 to 19 


1 00 


4 


16 to 18 


1 20 


A\ - 


16 to 18 


1 35 


5 


16 to 18 


1 50 


% " 


16 to 18 


1 65 


6 


15 to 17 


1 80 


7 


15 to 17 


2 15 


8 


14 to 16 


2 50 


9 


14 to 16 


3 00 


10 


14 to 16 


3 50 


11 


14 to 16 


4 20 


12 


14 to 16 


5 00 


13 


1 13 to 15 


6 00 


14 


13 to 15 


7 00 



INDIANAPOWS, InD. 



NARROW BAND SAWS. 

FOR RE-SAWING AND SCROLL SAWING. 




Inches. 



Per Foot. 



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A 
I 



Not joined $0 06 

07 

08 

09 

10 

12 

14 

17 

20 

24 

28 

32 

36 

40 

Filing and setting, 5 cents per foot extra. 



BRAZING. 



Brazing i to ^ inch 

Price 30 cents 

Brazing.. 1 to IJ inch 

Price 50 cents 



I to I inch. 

40 cents. 

If to 1^ inch. 

65 cents. 



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WRIGHT'S NON-FRICXION BAND-SAW GUIDE. 




A FEW REASONS WHY THESE GUIDES ARE SUPERIOR 
TO OTHERS. 

Because— We avoid friction, avoid using oil, at the same time having a 
good, firm support for the saw. 

Because— It is instantly adjusted to any width or thickness of saws. 

Because— We have narrow side guides above and below the back-bearing 
which are spread apart, preventing the side of the saw from heating. 

Because — The wearing parts are so constructed, should they become 
broken or lost, they can be replaced at a mere trifle. 

Because— They can be readily attached without injury to the machine; 
and if not found just as represented, may be returned. 
Price of Small Guide, taking saw from one inch in width to 

one-sixteenth $10.00 Net. 

Price oi larger sizes will be given on application, depending upon width 
of saws used, and difficulty of applying to machine. 



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EGAN BAND SAW GUIDE. 
PRICE, $10.00. 




DESCRIPTION OF ROLLER GUIDE. 

The roller is made of hardened steel and perfectly true to size and shape, 
and is attached to a spindle of same material running in a close-fitting sleeve 
and so arranged that all bearings are easily oiled and secure from escape. The 
frame holding the side guides is adjustable to and fro for the various widths of 
blades by means of the thumb screw as seen in the cut. The back of the saw 
blade has a very long bearing across the face of the roller, thus providing for 
the least amount of friction and spreading it over the largest surface possible, 
which thereby prevents the crystallization that causes the breakage of saws 
through beat and friction. The side guides are extra long and of hardened 
steel, supporting the sides of the saw blade in the most approved manner, and 
which results in an Improved action of the saw in many ways, especially with 
respect to breakage and twisting or running. " These side guides are adjustable 
sidewise with a wrench, and are movable to the blade or from it, as desired, to 
suit the various widths of saws, so that at all times the saw blade is held rigid 
the full with and close to the teeth of the same. 



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THE AMBLER PERFECT FILING MACHINE FOR 
BAND SAWS. 




WHAT IT WILL DO. 

It will file your saws without your attention. 

It will save you 50 per cent, in the cost of files. 

It will file saws sharper than by hand. 

It will encourage your men to keep them sharp. 

It will thus save your saws from breakage. 

It will pay for itself in a few months. 

These things appeal strongly to the good sense of every business 
man, for they show a better margin than can be made on invest- 
ments in lumber or stock. 
Price $35 00 



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MULAY SAWS. 










Gauge. 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 in. wide, per foot 


83 15 
3 50 
3 85 


$3 00 
3 30" 
3 50 


«2 75 
3 00 
3 30 


«2 40 

2 75 

3 00 


«2 20 
2 40 

2 75 


$1 90 


11 " " 


2 20 


12 " " 


2 40 











MILL SAWS 


. 










Gauge. 


^ 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


8i 


1. wide, price per foot .... 




«2 20 


S2 10 


81 90 


SI 75 


81 65 


51 55 



LANCE TOOTH DRAG SAWS, 






Width. 


5 Ga. 


6 Ga. 


7 Ga. 


8 Ga. 


9 Ga. 


10 Ga. 


8 inches 








SI 75 

2 00 
2 20 

2 65 

3 30 
3 85 
1 55 


81 65 

1 75 

2 00 

2 40 

3 00 
3 55 
1 45 


81 45 


9 






82 20 

2 55 

3 00 

3 65 

4 20 


1 55 


10 






1 75 


12 




83 30 
4 00 
4 50 


2 20 


14 


$4 40 

4 85 


2 65 


16 


3 20 


Tapered 8 in, butt, 6 in. point 


1 35 







Saws over 8 feet long extra Price. 

PIT SAWS. 



Length 


5 ft. 
Each. 


bV^ ft. 
Each. 


6 ft. 
Each. 


Each. 


7 ft. 
Each. 


7^ ft. 
Each. 


8 ft. 




Each. 


Price 


85 00 


85 50 


86 00 


86 50 


87 00 


87 50 


88 00 



Boxes for Pit Saw, 81.00 each. Tillers, 81.25 each. 

WHIP SAWS. 



Length 


5 ft. 
Each. 


Each". 


6 ft. 
Each. 


Each. 


7 ft. 
Each. 


l^l*- 




Each. 


Price 


83 00 


83 30 


$3 60 


83 90 


84 20 


84 50 





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CROSS-CUT SAWS. 



The higli standard of excellence attained for the Atkins Cross- 
Cut Saws is the result of years of experience and practical tests of I 
methods, appliances and steel used in their production. 

We have introduced all the recognized improvements in Cross- 
Cut Saws; prominent among these are the original Tuttle Tooth, 
Silver Steel Diamond and Dexter. These stand at the head of fine, 
fast-cutting saws. 

We are prepared to say that there are no results obtained by any 
method of grinding saws that have not been accomplished in our 
factory. Our method of tempering is the most approved known, 
dispensing almost entirely with hammering, and securing absolute 
uniformity of temper throughout the entire length of the savr, and 
of any number of saws. Every saw is carefully tested for temper 
and fitted perfectly for use before shipment. We assure our patrons, 
and those desiring to purchase, that we shall continue to maintain 
this high standard. 

INTERESTING FACTS. 

An examination of the following pages, and a practical test of '. 
the merits of our saws, substantiate the claim that, in quality of ma- 
terial and temper; in perfect fitting for use; in general finish and I 
appearance; in the great variety of styles; in adaptability to all 
sections and kinds of timber; in fast cutting and light running qual- 
ities, our line of Cross-Cut Saws is unequaled by any American or 
foreign manufacturer. 

CAUTION. 

The fine qualities of the Atkins higli grade saws have been ap- 
preciated by lumbermen and sawyers, causing a large demand for our 
leading brands of cross-cut saws. This has led manufacturers of 
inferior goods to imitate saws of our manufacture. Beware of these 
imitations and see that the brand, E. C. Atkins & Co., is on every saw. 

OTJR REGISTERED TRADE-MARKS. 

" Silver Steel," " Segment Ground," 

"Dexter," "Kex," 

"Effigy of a Horse," "Victor Lance," 

"Diamond," "Diamond Point." 

"Effigy of a Diamond," 



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HANDLES. 



ATKINS' PATENT CROSS-CUT SAW HANDLES. 





ATKINS' No. 1 LOOP. 



ATKINS' No. 3 LOOP. 



No. 1 Loop, per pair $0 48 

No. 3 Loop, per pair 30 

The best Loop handles made. 



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ATKINS' CROSS-CUT SAW HANDLES. 




No. 5 Loop Handle Per pair, $0 40 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



ATKINS' PATEirr CROSS-CUT SAW HANDLES. 




EEVERSIBLE HANDLE No. 4. 



Price, per pair 



.$0 30 



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ATKINS' PATENT EXCELSIOR SAW TOOLS. 



FOR USE IN FITTING UP CROSS-CUT SAWS. 

Comprising a combined Jointer and Raker Tooth Gauge, Side 
File, Setting Block and Set Gauge. Put up in a neat box containing 
full instructions for use. 

Price, 75c per set. Postage, if sent by mail, 25c extra. 




JOINTER. 




RAKER TOOTH-GAUGE. 




SIDE-FILE. 



Indianapoi^is, Ind. 



ATKINS' PATENT EXCELSIOR SAW TOOLS. 




SETTING BLOCK. 

DIRECTIONS FOB USB. 
In fitting a saw, the teeth should first be jointed, or made uniform inlength. 
To accomplish this, place a nine-inch file in the Jointer, as shown in the cut, 
and by means of the large screw, spring it to suit the curve of the saw. and 
pass it lightly over the points of the teeth until it touches the shortest tooth ; 
then place the tooth gauge over the cleaner drag teeth, as indicated in cut, and 

file them down to the gauge. Now. 

if the saw requires setting, lay the 

setting block on a log with a place 

leveled to receive it, or end of a 

block of wood, and lay the saw upon 

setting block so that the point 

the tooth to be set projects over 

e apex of the beveled surface 

^^^ fully one-quarter of an inch, bring- 

/^y^'- ^' ""^ESC^^^^^ ^* J ^^^ *^'^^ point of tooth to the line 

/ / J j™ii^*^^^% scored on the face of the block. 

// mm0>^*'Uuai^>Jl^ \ (See cut.) 

The tooth being in position, give 
two or three strokes with a light 
hammer over the apex, fully one- 
quarter of an inch from the point, 
which Avill usually give tho required 
set; regulate the set by gauging each 
tooth with the tooth-gauge; take it 
,„^r^rw^-.^ «■„,« «r TT^n- in the left hand and place it against 

TOOTH SET-GAUGE. the side of the saw. (See cut.) The 

point on short end indicates the least set, and the point on long end indicates 
a little more set. 

The side file should be used to remove any feather-edge or bur left in filing, 
and even the set perfectly. This can be done when the saw is in the vise or 
filing clamp. Place an eight-inch mill bastard file in the recess on the side 
file ; tighten the screws holding the file. Be particular that the saw is placed 
firmly in the holder. Pass the center of the file lightly against the teeth until 
the bur is removed and the set evened up. Care should be exercised not to u.<}e 
the side file more than is necessary to remove the feather-edge and even up 
the set. 

The wrench may be used to lessen the set if necessary, but should never 
be used to set the teeth. 

This should be done only with a hammer upon the setting block, or any 
hard and slightly beveled surface. 

Notice carefully the manner in which the saw is filed when new, and file as 
nearly as possible in the same manner. 

To secure the best results, our Diamond Tooth (both Silver Steel 
and Cast Steel) and Dexter Saws should be sharpened after being set. 




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TOOTH GAUGE. 

For Kegnlating the Length of Clearers and the Width of the Set 
in Cross-Cut Saws. 





USERS OF CROSS-CUT SAWS WILL FIND THIS TOOL 
INDISPENSABLE. 

Each. Per dozen. 
Price, Single Gauge $0 10 $0 80 

The cleaning teeth of all saws should be somewhat shorter than the 
cutting teeth, and, although shortened, should be of uniform length 
throughout. The flange of the Gauge rests on the points of the cut- 
ting teeth, the cleaning teeth projecting through the cpening in the 
center of Gauge. Reduce the projecting points by means of a file 
until arrested by the edge of the Gauge, which can not be cut with a 
file. Thus tooth after tooth can be rapidly and correctly reduced to 
an even length by any unskilled operator. 

Our Single Gauge regulates the cleaners for hard wood, and our 
Double Gauge for both hard and soft wood. One end of the straight- 
edge of these Gauges has been slightly beveled, so that they may be 
used for gauging the set, as shown in cut. 




GAUGING THE SET. 



Price, Double Gaage Each, $0 15. Per dozen, $1 



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CROSS-CUT SAW TOOLS. 



THE ATKINS PATENT CRITERION SAW-SET, 




No. 1. FOR CROSS-CUT SAWS. 

The above cut shows our improved Adjustable Criterion Saw- 
Set. In the Criterion Adjustable Set we have combined the 
principle of tlie anvil and hammer. The hammer or striking part 
is FINE tool steel, DROP FORGED. The anvil is tempered steel. 

By the use of the Criterion set, with a light hammer, giving a light 
blow, an inexperienced person can set each tooth in a saw to an 
exact gauge, imparting an absolutely uniform set to each tooth, and 
preventing more set than is desired. 

Price, each fO 75 

Price, each, by mail 1 00 

DIRECTIONS FOR USING. 

It is essential that an improperly set saw should have the set 
taken out before giving it a proper set; this can be done by loosening 
the screw at the end of the block and slipping the slide forward as 
^ar as it 'will go ; that raises the back of the saw, and with a light blow 
of the hammer on the hammer-set the set can easily and rapidly be 
taken out. To set the teeth, put the slide back as far as it will go and 
tighten the screw; with a light hammer and a light blow a full 
set is easily given to the saw. If less set is required, put the slide 
forward to the first or second notch, as may be desired. Be particular, 
in using the Setj to press the blade firmly down on the bed of the Set with tlie 
hand. 



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THE ATKINS PATENT CRITERION SAW-SET. 



ITo. 2. FOR HAND, WOOD AND SMALL SAWS. 




DIRECTIONS FOR USE. 



To vary the set, loosen the forward screw, then turn the screws 
at end of the block until the end of the bar is raised, then tighten thei 
forward screw. 

To Set Fine-Tooth Saavs. — Pay no attention to guide at base' 
of anvil for length of tooth, but place the tooth under the point of 
the hammer, the point of the hammer nearly reaching the base of the 
tooth. The hammer being close down on the tooth, makes a perfect 
guide for setting the teeth. 

Caution. — Use a light hammer and strike a light blow. A^ 
heavy hammer and a heavy blow will not impart more set than a 
light hammer and a light blow. 

Price, each $0 75 

Price, each, by mail 1 00 



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ATKINS' ADJUSTABLE SAW-SET. 



A Strong, Durable and Efficient Common-Sense Set, for Every-Bay Use, 
"by Users of Cross-Cnt Saws. 




PEICE, 75 CENTS. 
Pat. Dec. G, 1881. 



In ordering please refer to it as "Atkins' Adjustable Set." 

ADVANTAGES. 

Adjustment to obtain quantity and uniformity of set required for 
hard and soft, dry and green timber. 

A substantial, unyielding support while setting. 

Safety from breakage in setting and compression of the fibre of 
the steel, securing a more permanent set. 

The set can be easily removed by adjustment of the set screws 
and use of the hammer as in setting. 

The point of the tooth being in sight, the effect of the set can be 
seen by the operator. 

For use iw setting small circular or cross-cut saws, in the hands 
of any person reasonably skilled in the use of tools, Atkins' Adjust- 
able Set has no superior. 

Directions for use accompany each set. 

In ordering, mention ATKINS' ADJUSTABLE SET. 



E. C. Atkins & Co. 



ATKINS' WOOD SAWS. 






No. 508 WOOD SAW, FEAME RED. 

Price, with Extra Fine Steel Blade, each $1.00 



BACK SAWS. 

E. C. ATKINS & CO.'S SILVER STEEL. 




No. 2 Silver Steel, Apple Handle, Slned Black. 

Inches 8 10 12 14 16 18 

Per dozen $15 00 $16 00 $18 00 $20 00 $22 50 $25 00 



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SILVER STEEL HAND SAWS. 

THE BEST SAW MADE. 




No. 51. HAND SAW. 

Inches.. .: 28 26 24 22 20 18 

Per dozen $28 25 $25 00 $24 00 $22 00 $20 00 $18 00 



PRUNING SAWS. 




No. 2. DUPLEX PRUNING SAWS. 

Inches 12 14 16 18 

Per dozen $7 00 $7 50 $8 00 $8 90 

COMPASS SAWS. 



20 

$9 80 



22 

$11 00 




No. 2. APPLE HANDLE. 

Inches 10 12 14 16 

Per dozen $5 00 $5 25 $5 50 $5 75 

BUTCHER'S BOW BACK SAWS. 



18 
$6 00 




No. 7. FLAT STEEL BACK. 
Inches 16 18 20 22 24 26 

Per dozen... $17 00 $18 15 $19 30 $20 45 $2160 $22 75 



$23 90 



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FELLOE WEBS. 



Inches 


Gauge 


Width 


Per Dozen 


Inches 


Gauge 


Width 


Per Dozen 


6 


19 


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$1 50 


22 


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1 60 


24 


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4 25 


8 


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1 70 


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4 65 


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1 90 


28 


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5 15 


12 


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2 10 


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16 


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5 65 


14 


17 


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2 40 


32 


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6 15 


16 


17 


2 75 


34 


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6 65 


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3 10 


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7 15 


20 


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One gauge heavier than above list, no extra charge; 5 per cent, 
extra for each additional gauge to 14 gauge. Above 14 gauge, special 
prices. 

Extra width, 10 per cent, for each ^ inch. 

]>q^^ B_ — All Web Saws, ^ inch and narrower, will he made with 
wide ends, in order to give strength at the hole, 25 per cent, advance. 
With Pins, 50 cents per dozen additional. 

FAY'S PATENT SCROLL SAWS- 



Inches. Per Dozen. 

8 $2 40 

9 2 70 

10 3 00 

11 3 30 

12 3 60 

13 3 90 



Inches Per Dozen. 

14 $4 25 

16 4 85 

18 5 45 

20 6 05 

22 6 70 

24 7 40 



Webs to 16 inches, over f inch wide, extra price ; 18 to 24 inches, 
over 1 inch wide, extra price. 

We make the above webs from 13 to 16 gauge in thickness. 
With Pins, 50 cents per dozen additional. 



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CABINET SCRAPERS. 

MADE FROM SILVER STEEL. 

Six inches in Length. 

Width. Per Dozen. 

2 inches $0 60 

3 




4 
5 



70 
80 
90 
1 00 
1 10 
1 20 



Put up One Dozen in a Box. 

BENCH SCRAPERS. 




^ ^ Wo. 1 BENCH SCRAPER. 

Per Dozen $o 00 



No. 2 BENCH SCRAPER 
DEHORNING SAW. 



Per Dozen $5 50 




E C. ATKINS & CO. 

Japanned, Malleable Iron Frame, Beech Handle, Complete. 

Blades, 9J inches long, \ inch wide. 

Price complete, per doz.....?fil2 00 | Price, Blades only, per doz., $1 50 



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PLASTERING TROWELS. 




No. 1. SILVER STEEL FINISHING TROWEL. 

Inches 10 10>^ 11 11>^ 12 

Per dozen $17 00 $17 75 $18 50 $20 50 $22 50 




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No. 2. CAST STEEL FINISHING TROWEL. 

Inches 10 10>^ 11 11>^ 12 

Per dozen $13 50 $14 50 $15 50 $16 75 $18 00 

SAW KNIFE. 

E.C.ATklNStCO. 
_ 7^ijl PI AH APOL I&^lgj i^-y_ ;j,--l -i^^^iJ^ 

Price, per dozen ..,, $6 00 

PUT UP ONE DOZEN IN A BOX. 




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SAW MAKERS' TOOLS 



SAW MILL SPECIALTIES 



To accomplish the best results, a workman must have suitable 
tools, and mills should be equipped with the latest improved ap- 
pliances. 

Our practical experience and knowledge of the requirements of 
saw makers and wants of the mill enable us to furnish a line of 
Tools and Mill Specialties adapted tv^ meet their wants. 

"We invite your attention to the following list of 

TOOLS AND MILL SPECIALTIES. 



STANDARD WIRE GAUGES. 




Wire Gauges, No. 1 to 26, each 
Round Wire Gauges 



$1 25 
. 1 00 



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SAW MAKERS' TOOLS. 




ANVILS, STEEL FACED. 

50 to 250 pounds Price, 12c. per pound. 

We keep in stock Anvils 10 x 6 face, 8G, 110, 
145 pounds; 12 x 6, 250 pounds. 



ROUND FACE HAMMER. 




Price 50c. per pound. 

Furnished an}' weight desired, 50c. i)er pound. 

SQUARE FACE HAMMER. 



Price 50c. per pound 

Furnished any weight desired, 50c. per pound. 



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BRAZING AND FILING CLAMPS. 

FOE BRAZING NARROW BAND SAWS. 



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Price; 

DIRECTIONS FOR BRAZING. 

Bevel the ends of saw about oue-half inch, and bind firmly together with i 
two or three strands of very fine wire. Fasten the saw in position with the 
set screws in clamp ; place a small piece of silver solder on the lap, and cover 
with powdered borax. The braze can then be made either with our alcohol 
lamp with automatic blower, or with the common brazing tongs. When the 
lamp is used, a piere of charcoal placed in the recess in the clamp, above and 
below the saw, assists in holding the heat, and insures a perfect weld. Use 
the half circle of clamp when filing the bevel and in finishing up the braze. 

DIRECTIONS FOR USING LAMP. 

Use alcohol in the lamps, having 
the upper one, or blower, about half 
full. Light both Avicks in the lower 
lamps and place the heating lamp in 
position under the blower. See that 
the blow-pipe is directed against the 
base of the blaze, and in a moment, 
as the alcohol becomes heated, the 
flame can be sent in any direction, 
and the weld quickly made. As the 
solder melts, spread it evenly over 
the surface of the saw with the point 
of a file. 

Price, each $^ 50 




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THE EUREKA SCARFER, 

OR LAPPING MACHINE FOR BAND SAWS. 




The cutter leaves a perfect, clean, smooth surface, and makes a joint as* 
perfect as a weld, and what is of greatest importance, it makes every cut ex- 
actly alike. A beginner can make a better joint than the most experienced 
man can by hand. 

The machine will pay its cost in three months in the saving of labor, files, 
and the results of bad brazing. The machine is nicely mounted on four legs : 
is run by a three-inch belt on a ten-inch pulley, which should run sixty revo- 
lutions per minute. In case of necessity the pulley can be taken off and a 
hand crank substituted. But care should be taken not to exceed the prope 
speed. 

We furnish with each machine an extra cutter and a neat power cutter-, 
grinder. 

Price, complete $80 no 

Price Extra Cutters, each , I 00 



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PORTABLE FORGE, EOR SAW-MAKERS' USE. 



FORGE, WITH HOOD. 
Price Net $20 00 




Patented Sept. 12, 1876. 

IMPROVED SPEED INDICATOR. 

Correct and reliable. This instrument is very useful for accu- 
rately giving the speed of any machine or shaft when in motion. It 
is very important that the exact speed of saws be given, and with tlie 
Speed Indicator there can be no mistake. Every mechanic should 
have one. 
Sent by mail, prepaid, with cap, for $0 75 

Jl^^'For proper speed of circular saws, see page 26 j 



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ATKINS' PATENT SIDE FILES. 




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THE ADJUSTABLE No. 1. THE ADJUSTABLE No. 2. 

(for circular saws.) (for circular, band and gang saws.) 
The No. 1 File is the simplest tool ever invented for the pur- 
pose. The width of tlic set or swaged tooth is regulated by a single 
set-screw. The clamp for holding the file is adjustable, permitting the use 
of any kind of file, if one of our files made specially for them can not 
be easily obtained. This tool is especially adapted for circular saws. 
Price $1 00 

The No. 2 File is adjustable for holding 8-inch to 10-inch files. 
It is adapted for both circular and long saws. It can be used on 
blades down to two inches in width, and as wide as desired, and on 
all sizes of circular saws. 

Price $1 00 

Extra Files, eacli 20 



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ATKINS' PATENT SIDE FILES. 




THE ADJUSTABLE No. 3. 

(for band and gang saws.) 
The No. 3 File is adjustable for holding 8-inch or 9-inch files, 
and so arranged that the file can be tilted to any desired angle. A 
gauge passes over the points of the teeth, bringing the file in proper 
position for doing the work. The No. 3 file is for all long saws. It 
can be used on any width of blade. 

Price .^ $1 00 



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ATKINS' GTIMMER FOR 
BAND AND CROSS- 
CUT SAWS. 




Price Net, «27 00 

Extra Dies 7 00 

We furnish dies for Shearing Band 
Saws to be used in this Gummer. 
Price S8 00 



SISSON'S PATENT SAW 
GUMMER. 



Patented December 20, 1881. 



PRICE-LIST. 

No. 2^forcrnRs-cnt.sa\vs...20]})s. ?12 00 




Can be used for gumming; 
any kind of a saw. 



The above illustration shows the Atkins Cylinder Saw Gummer. 
This Gummer is adjustable, being so constructed that it can be raised 
or lowered, and the wheel can be used at any desired angle while tlie| 
Gummer is in use. 



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MIXTER'S CELEBRATED CHAMPION GUMMER. 



WITH PATENT AUTOMATIC SELF-FEED. 




PRICE-LIST MIXTER'S PATENT CHAMPION GUMMERS. 

The Mixter Patent Automatic Self-Feeding Champion Gummer, includ- 
ing three cutters (usual size. %, % and 1 inch), grinder and wrench. ..^oU 00 
Small size Patent Automatic Self-Feeding Champion Gummer, especially- 
adapted for cross-cut saws and small and medium circular .•-aw.s, in- 
cluding three cutters (%, % and %, inch), grinder and wrench 25 00 

Extra arbors for '%. Y^ and % inch cutter for Mixter's Champion Gummers 2 00 
Extra arbor for % inch cutter for Mixter's small size Champion Gummers 1 50 
Take Notice : Full directions sent with each machine. 
The engraving represents Mixter's Famous Champion Gummer, with patent 
adjustable Automatic Self-Feed. It can be regulated at will to feed faster or 
slower, according to the work to be performed, and can be changed in an 
instant from self-feeding to hand-feeding. 

It is self-acting, throwing itself out of gear when the teeth are cut to the 
required depth, making them of uniform length. 

The Champion has the lateral or oscillating movement of the cutter, and is 
fully adjustable to all kinds of saws, from the largest circular to the smallest in 
general use ; also mill and cross-out saws. The line of the teeth can be cut at 
any angle desired from horizontal to perpendicular. It cuts very rapidly, and 
with no risk of bending, breaking, or case-hardening the saw. 



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GUMMER CUTTERS. 



IMPEOVED CUTTER GRINDEE. 




Price 81 00 

Grinds cutters perfectly round and true. 
We give a grinder free with each gumrner. 



Size... 
Each. 



PRICES OE GUMMER CUTTERS. 

MIXTER'S XX CTJTTERS. 

,%in. 34 in. %in. %in. %in. 1 in. 1>^ in. l>^in. 1>^ in. l%in 
..$0.50 .50 .50 .60 .70 .80 .90 1.00 1.25 1.75 



XXX CUTTERS. 

For Mixter's, Standard, I. X. L., and Diston's Gummers, when ordering 
say for which make of Gummer. 

Size....% in. y^ in. % in. % in. % in. 1 in. 1^ in 1% in. 1% in. 1% in. 
F,ach..$0 40 .40 .50 .60 .65 .65 .80 .90 1.05 1.20 



STONE'S GUMMER CUTTERS. 

Size %in. 3^ in. % in. % in. % in. 1 in. 

Each...- $0.50 .50 .75 1.00 1.25 1.50 

STAR GUMMER CUTTERS. 

Size % in. Ys in. 1 in. 

Each $0.55 .60 .65 

In ordering emitters be sure and give size of hole, as well as size of cutter 

required ; or you can send us an impression of one end of cutter on paper. 
Be particular to state what gummer they are to be used in. 



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THE ROBERTS PATENT ROLLER SWAGE. 



Patented February 23, 1892. 



FOR CIRCULAR AND GANG SAWS. 



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The Roberts Patent Swage produces results that are accom- 
plished by the bar and hammer swage, drawing the teeth with- 
out changing the pitch, or injury to the steel, and shortens 
the teeth less than by any other process of swaging. It makes the 
point very strong, and less liable to drop the point in hard lum- 
ber and pine knots, thus insuring economy in the wear of the saw, 
and better results in the production of lumber than with saws 
dressed with the swages in general use. 



Price $75.00. 



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VICTOR SWAGE. 



FOR CIECULAK, BAND, GANG, MULAY, SHINGLE, LATH 
AND RE-SAWS. 




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FOR LONG SAWS. 

Price Net, $30 00 

Two i3ies go with each Swage. 

Extra Dies for Long Saw Swage. 
No. 3 Die, for Gang Saws 9 to 13 

gauge *'^ "^^ 

No. 5 Die, for Band aud Gang 

Saws, 16 to 18 gauge 75 

No. 6 Die, for Band and Gang 

Saws, 14 to 16 gauge "'^ 

No. 7 Die, for Band Saws, 17 to 

19 gauge "^^ 

No. 8 Die, for Band Saws, 19 

gauge aud thinner 75 

In ordering state whether for Cirou- 
hir or Long Saws, gauge of saw and 
shape of teeth. 




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FOR CIRCULAR SAWS. 

Price Net, $35 00 

Two Dies go with each Swage. 

Extra Dies for Circular Saw Swage. 

No. 1 Die. for Circular Saws, 6 
and 7 gauge *1 00 

No. 2 Die, for Circular Saws, 8 
9 and 10 gauge 1 00 

No. 4 Die, for Circular Saws, 10 
to 13 gauge 75 

No. 6 Die, for Circular Saws, 14 
to 16 gauge 75 



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THE PRIBNOW PATENT SWAGE SHAPER. 

PRICE $25.00. 




In ordering the Swage vShaper be particular to specify gauge of 
saw and give shape of teeth in saw. 

This device is adapted to give perfect and uniform sliape to the 
points of teeth on Band and (iang Saws. It compresses the point of 
the tooth, making it more durable, and at the same time giving it 
that form which afllbrds the most perfect clearance and economy of 
power and lumber. 

The advantages to be obtained by the use of the Pribnow 
Shaper on Band and Gang Saws are obvious. It is the invention oF 
an expert, and has the endorsement of experts and users of Band and 
Gang Saws everywhere. 

Large Shaper takes saws up to 17 gauge. 

Small Shaper takes saws 17 gauge and thinner. 

PRIBHOW PATENT COMBINED SWAGE AND SHAPEE, $126.00. 



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ATKINS' PATENT COMBINED CIRCULAR SAW- 
GUIDE AND ROUNDER. 



THE GUIDE. 



This new invention, used simply as a paw-s^nidc, has advantages 
which are possessed by no other guide. A ghmce at tlie accompany- 
ing engraving will make this fact apparent to every practical saw- 
mill man. Guide is adjustable and reversible. If the guide-pins 
(E) are set at proper distance apart to admit the rotation of the saw, 
the adjustment is easily accomplisiied without danger to the operator 
while the saw is in motion. Loosen the set-screw (D) and turn the 
hand-wheel (A) in the direction required until the saw has the proper 
lead. Every sawyer will appreciate the practical value of this feature 
of our guide, as the adjustment of saw-guides — often necessary or dc- 
■^irable to change the lead of the saw — has heretofore been attended 
with more or less danger, or accomplished with considerable incon- 
venience and loss of time by the stoppage of the mill. Being reversi- 
ble, our guide may be used on a right or left-handed mill, or turned 
back to permit the removal of the saw from the arbor without dis- 
placing the guide. Loosen the set-screw (D) and turn liack the arms 
of the guide, or reverse them as is desired. In the sleeve enclosing 
the shank of the guide, is inserted the set-serew (D), which fits into 
a groove on either side of the shank, and wliieh is employed to hold 
the arms of tlie guide rigid when turned either to right or left, i)re- 
venting them frofti turning over whenever the motion of the saw is 
reversed. When the guide is in use, the set-screw (D) should be 
set tight. 



THE ROUNDER. 

The " Rounder " f»r ".Jointer" is entirely new and original, 
and its attachment to a saw-guide a novel and valuable feature. 
When not in use, detach the rounder by using the thumb-nut (F^ 
Saw teeth frequently rcipiire jointing, and no device has ever been 
constructed that will " ronnd up" a circular saw so perfectly, eft'ect- 
ually and conveniently as that we have now introduced in combina- 
tion with our saw-guide. Whenever it is desirable to joint the teeth 
of a saw, the emery block is brought into contact with the rapidly 
revolving saw by means of the hand-wheel (C^) to which tlie emery 
block is attached. During the operation the attendant will turn th 
hand-wheel (B), thereby rotating the emery block so as to })resent a 
constantly changing surface for action on the saw teeth, and wear the 
face evenly. The saw is thus made perfectly round and all ready for 
dressing, and every tooth will do its proper duty. The saw will wear 
longer, cut more lumber, and the lumber will be smoother. 



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PEICES. 

NO. 1, FOR ORDINARY MILLS. 

Guide, without Kouiuk'r $6 00 

Combined (iiiide and Rounder 9 00 

NO. 2, FOR HEAVY WORK. 

Guide, without Rounder $10 00 

Combined Guide and Rounder 13 00 



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ATKINS' PATENT SAW MILL DOGS. 



RAPIDITY AND SAFETY IN OPERATING, SIMPLICITY, STRENGTH, 
DURABILITY AND ECONOMY. 

Patented Oct. 18, 1887. 




SINGLE. DUPLEX. 

Pinglo, price per i»:iir 830.00 

Duplex, i)rice per ])air 50.00 

DIRECTIONS. 

To attach to anj- mill, drill two nine-sixteenth (i%) holes in the stand- 
ard or knee and bolt on the dog, as shown in cut. The dog should set back 
from the face of the knee far enough to allow it to pass the bur or nut on the 
to]) saw Avhen holding the last piece— or one inch on the carriage. The bottom 
of the dog should be two inches above the top of the head-block. 

lu ordering the Atkins Duplex Dog, give the exact dimension of knee to 
head-block; make a paper pattern of knee, full size, with impression of holes 
and thickness of knee four inches back from its face ; also give the height 
and width of head-block. 



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ATKINS' INDEPENDENT UNDER DOG. 



(Patented April 29, 1890.) 




II ' FOR QUARTER SAWING. 

Can be attached to any mill and used in connection with the npper dogs 
n use on the mill. 

'1 he Atkins Under Dog is so constructed that it will dog under a square 
surface and not hit the nut on the mandrel, and will pass overset rod and not 
interfere in opening the head blocks. 

It has fourteen inches travel up and down, giving sufficient capacity for 
holding logs firmly, avoiding slipping and getting away ; and, If required, can 
lift a knotty or crooked log up so it will pass over the mandrel without turn- 
ing or rubbing. 

It can be used with any upper dog, and with the upper dog makes a good 
double dog for quarter sawing. 

The Atkins Under Dog is simple and durable in construction, convenient 
and easy of operation, and holds the log fast. 

THE DOG FOR QUARTER SAWING. 
Price, per pair $25.00 



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B. C. Atkins & Co., 



BUCK SAW MILL DOGS. 




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Price, per Pair $30 OOi 



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BUCK SAW MILL DOG. 




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Price, per Pair 



DUPLEX. 



$oO 00 



In ordering the Buck Duplex Dog, please give distance from 
cnee to side of head-block ; make a paper j^attern showing position 
)f holes in knee. This can be done by placing the paper over the 
loles and rubbing the same with the hand. 



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E. C. Atkins & Co. 



PORTABLE WOOD SAW AND FRAME. 




The above cut represents a Portable Circular Saw and Table, for 
sawing fire-wood, etc. With a two-horse railway power or four-horse 
lever power they will saw from fifteen to twenty cords of wood per day,' 
or just as much as three men can handle. It can also be used to ad4 
vantage in cutting off fencing stuff or building material of any kind,l 
and is a very useful machine for farmers, railroads and wood-yards. 

Size of pulley, 6x6 inches, with 24-inch saw. 



Price ..,-., $40 00 



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IMPROVED SWING CUT-OFF SAW. 




The above cut illustrates our new Swing Cut-ofF Saw. In our 
standard size we make the entire drop from ceiling to mandrel eight 
feet, but can make the drop any length required when ordered. This 
will be found a strong, simple and durable cut-off. 

Size of Driving and Loose Pulleys, 10 inches in diameter, 5-iuch 
face. 

Size of Large Pulley for driving Saw Mandrel, 24 inches in 
diameter, 5-inch face. 

Size of Pulley on Mandrel, 5 inches in diameter, 5-inch face. 

Bevolutions required of Saw Mandrel, 1,800 per minute. 



Price, with 20-inch Saw $50 00 

Price does not include belt. 



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E. C. Atkins & Co. 



CIRCULAR SAW MANDRELS. 



PULLEY OUTSIDE BOXES. 




CAST-STEEL. SELF-OILING BOXES. 





We fill 


all orders for 


Mandrels with pull 


ey outside of boxes, 


unless otherwise ordered. 


Price does not include saw. 








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CIRCITLAE SAW MANDRELS. 



PULLEYS INSIDE BOXES. CAST-STEEL. SELF-OILING BOXES. 




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Our Mandrels are made with pulley on right-hand side, with left- 
hand thread, unless otherwise ordered. 



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CIRCULAR SAW MANDRELS. 
CAST STEEL, CONNECTED BOXES, AND SELF-OILING. 




Price does not include Saws. 
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YOKE MANDRELS. 

CAST STEEL, SELF-OILING. 




Price does not include Saws. 
PRICE-LIST. 



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SAW-MILL CARRIAGE TRUCKS. 

A SET CONSISTS OF ONE AXLE AND TWO WHEELS. 



Wheels. 


Axte. 
Inches. 


Track. 
Inches. 


Price, Per Set. 


Diameter, 
Inches. 


Open 
Bearings. 


Patent 
Oil Boxes. 


8 
10 
10 


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2 


50 
50 
56 


$7 50 
10 00 
13 00 


$8 00 
11 00 
15 00 



These wheels are turned and heavy, one wheel grooved and 
shrunk on axle, the other flat and loose on axle. 

SAW-MILL CARRIAGE WHEELS, WITH CHAIRS. 




5-inch diameter, one grooved, one flat, per pair $3 00 

7-inch diameter, one grooved, one flat, per pair 6 00 

The 7-inch wheels are finished and fitted with steel axle pins. 



V TRACK. 



FLAT TRACK. 





Y track, 2-inch, price, per foot $0 15 

Flat track, 2-inch, price, per foot 12 

Flat track, l|-inch, price, per foot ^ 9 

T RAILS. 

Rails, 12, 16 and 20 pounds, furnished at lowest market prices. 



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E. C. ATKINS & Co. 



LUMBER TRUCKS WITH STIRRUPS. 

SET CONSISTS OF TWO AXLES AND FOUR WHEELS. 




Wheels, Diam. 


Face. 


Axel. 


Track. 


Price 


Inches. 


Inches. 


Inches. 


Inches. 


Per Set. 


16 


2% 


1^2 


30 


»20 00 


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22 00 


20 


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30 


24 00 


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36 


36 00 


24 


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36 


40 00 


26 


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2 


38 


44 00 


28 


3 


2 


42 


48 00 


80 


3 


2 


42 


52 00 



LOG TRUCKS WITH STIRRUPS, HEAVY WHEELS. 



SET CONSISTS OF TWO AXLES AND FOUR WHEELS. 


Diameter. 
Inches. 


Face. 
Inches. 


Axle. 
Inches. 


Track. 
Inches. 


Price. 
' Per Set. 


10 

12 
14 
16 


2^ 


1'^ 
1% 


36 
36 
36 
42 


5fl5 00 
16 00 
18 00 
24 00 



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THE VARIETY EMERY GRINDER. 

PATENTED FEB. 9, 1886. 
Will take 12x2 incli Wheels, | inch Mandrel Hole. 




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Price of Machine only, Avithout Emery Wheel i^oO 00 

Countershaft, extra ^ ^q 

Wheel Gauge, extra ^ qq 

Saw Guraraer, extra •• ■ 



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E. C. ATKINS & Co., 



ROGERS' SAW FILER AND GUMMER. 



(Pat. in U. S , Can. and Eng.) 




Sot for Tvip Saws. 
NO. 3-FOR SAWS FROM 8 TO 72 IN. DIAM. 
No. 3 takes saws 8 to 72 in. diam., cross-cut or rip, and doc? 
small saws equally as well as No. 2. Nos. 2 and 3 can be provided I 
with an attachment for liling straight gang saws. 

The above illustration shows the No. ."> Oummer. 



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NO. 3- WITH GANG-SAW ATTACHMENT. 



PRICES ROGERS' GTJMMERS. 

No. 1, Circular Saws, 6 to 40 in. diameter $50 00 net 

No. 2, " " 8 to 48" " 65 00" 

No. 3, " " 8 to 72" " 75 00" 

No. 4, " " 25 00" 

Three emery wheels are furnished with Nos. 1, 2 and 3. 

One emery wheel is furnished with No. 4. 



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125 



COVEL'S IMPROVED AUTOMATIC SHARPENER FOR 
CIRCULAR RIP SAWS, FROM 8 TO 72 INCHES. 




CUT NO. 1. 

The above is o correct view of the different parts as they are now 
made, showing tlie operating parts and the letters to be found on each 
piece. 



Full instructions will accompany each machine as to ope-ation 
Net cash 30 days. 



and adjustment 
Price, $175. 



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B. C. Atkins & Co. 



COVEL'S IMPROVED AUTOMATIC BAND-SAW 
SHARPENER. 




CUT wo. 3. 

The sbove illustrates the Band ^.lachine as now made. 

One very important feature of this machine is that the emery wheel can 
be adjusted so as to give all the hook to the tooth that may be wished, and the* 
saAV carried on a level to the sharpener. 

A set of pulleys con^plete is furnished with this machine for the support 
of the saw, or a double feed, either for riglit or left hand saws, as desired. 

The saw-rest and clamp is an entirely new device, and is the most com- 
plete and perfect working one in use. 

Price for complete rig ^200 00 Net cash 30 days. 

Price of Machine 175 OC " " " " 



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127 



EMERY WHEEL SAW GUMMERS. 

AA 6UMMEE. 




Pulley diameter 3 inches; face 2} inches; carry wheel 10 inches 
diameter, IJ inch face. 

Price AA.Gummers, each $8 00 

Emery Wheels extra. 



AAA GUMMEKS. 

Same pattern as A A, illustrated above. Larger and for heavier 
work. 

Pulley diameter, 3^ inches; face, 2} inches; carry wheel, 14x1 J 
inches. 

Price AAA Gummer, each $12 00 

Emery Wheels extra. 



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E. C. ATKINS & Co. 



EMERY WHEELS. 




Grade No. 1 is very soft, and No. 6 very hard wheels, and are seldom, 
called for. 

Grade 1 to 2.— Light surface or machine grinding, light tool grinding, etc. 

Grade 23^.— Automatic knife grinding, etc.; light tool grinding, etc. 

Grade 234 to 3.— Automatic grinding with water, surface grinding on 
hard steel, light tools, etc. 

Grade 3 to 3>^.— Saw sharpening and gumming on hand or automatic 
machines, light tool grinding, etc. 

Grade S}i to o)^-— Tool grinding, light general work, soft brass. 

Grade 4.— Making and shaping moulding tools, light wrought and mal- 
leable iron, steel, brass castings, general work, heavy tool grinding, etc. 

Grade 43^ — Medium wrought and malleable iron, steel, light cast iron, 
heavy brass castings, general work, light stove work, etc. 

Grade 5. — Stove work, heavy castings of all kinds, general rough 
work, etc. 

Grade 5>^ to 6.— Hard stove work, very heavy rough grinding on sharp 
edges, points, etc. 

Please remember that the grade of hardness is the essential thing. A 
little difference in the number or fineness of emery is not important. 

If wheels arc to be run slower than regular speed, they should be harder 
than above grades. If run faster, they should be softer. Thin elastic wheels 
should be run fully up to the speed marked on label. 



HUNTINGTON EMERY WHEEL DRESSER. 




For turning, shaping, sharpening and removing glaze from solid emery 
wheels, running at full speed. 

Price, Huntington Emery Wheel Dresser Each, $3 00 

Cutters, per set , ., *' 50 



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ACME MACHINE BELTING. I 

EVERY BELT SOLD GUARANTEEJ) TO GIVE SATISFACTION WHEN 
OUR DRESSING AND HOOKS ARE USED. 



PRICES PER RUNNING FOOT. 



WIDTH. 


4.Ply. 


5-Ply. 


6-Ply. 


4 inch 


^0 25 

28 

30 

33 

35 

40 

45 

52 

60 

72 

90 

1 OS 

1 20 

1 38 

1 62 

1 94 


$=0 38 

40 

42 

45 

48 

52 

58 

65 

73 

87 

1 10 

1 30 

1 48 

1 68 

1 90 

2 15 


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4^ inch 

5 inch 


43 
46 


5| inch 

6 inch ... 

7 inch 

8 inch . 


49 
52 

58 
65 


9 inch 


75 


10 inch 

12 inch 

14 inch 


85 
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1 28 


16 inch 

18 inch 


1 54 
1 70 


20 inch 

22 inch 


1 96 

2 ''2 


24 inch 


2 50 







CAUTION. 

When ordering belting, give full length, as belts will not stretch. 
Do not deduct from measure anytliing for stretch. In using dressing 
put on enough to moisten the surface of the belt next to pulley. 



THE COLOR OF ACME BELT IS REDDISH BROWN. 



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LEATHER BELTING. 

PUEE OAK, SHORT LAF. 




PRICE PER RUNNING FOOT : 



1 inch 

2K 
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5 

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20 
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7 inch St 08 

8 " 1 24 

9 " 1 40 

10 " 1 5G 

11 " 1 72 

12 " 1 88 

13 " 2 04 

14 " 2 20 

1) " 2 40 

16 " 2 60 

17 " 2 80 

18 " 3 00 

19 " 3 20 

20 " 3 40 

21 " 3 CO 

22 " 3 80 

23 *' 4 00 

24 " 4 20 



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Double Belts twice the price of Single. 
Intermediate widths at proportionate prices. 

PRICE-LIST OF CUT LACING. 

BOTH RAWHIDE AND TANNED. 



$4 40 
. 4 60 
. 4 80 
. 5 00 
. 5 50 
. 6 00 
6 50 
. 7 00 
. 7 80 

8 60 

9 40 
. 9 80 
.10 20 

11 00 

11 80 

12 60 
.13 40 
.14 40 



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80 30 
36 
46 
60 
72 



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K inch, per bunch $2 00 

5Z » " 2 75 

M " " 3 25 



PUT UP IN 100 FEET BUNCHES. 



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E. C. Atkins & Co. 



ELEPHANT RUBBER BELTING. 

(Trade Mark.) 




PRICE-LIST. 





2-Ply, 




3 Plv. 


4-Plv. 


5-Plv, 


6-Plv. 




Per Foot. 




Per Foot 


Per Foot. 


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ENDLESS BELTS MADE TO ORDER. 

Three feet extra will be charged for the splice. 
A full roll of belting measures from 300 to 400 feet. 



IndianapoTvIS, Ind. 



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FILES. 







BEST QUALITY CAST STEEL FILES. 






Mill and Rou 


ND. 


Flat and Square. 


Half Round and 
Three Square. 


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2d Cut 


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2d Cut 


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2d Cut 


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4 


$1 80 


82 15 


82 40 


4 


82 00 


82 40 


82 65 


4 


82 50 


83 00 


83 30 


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2 00 


2 40 


2 65 


5 


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2 60 


2 90 


5 


2 80 


3 35 


3 70 


6 


2 25 


2 65 


2 95 


6 


2 50 


2 95 


3 25 


6 


3 20 


3 80 


4 15 


7 


2 55 


3 00 


. 3 30 


7 


2 90 


3 40 


3 75 


7 


3 70 


4 35 


4 80 


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2 90 


3 40 


3 70 


8 


3 40 


4 00 


4 35 


8 


4 30 


5 00 


5 50 


9 


3 30 


3 85 


4 20 


9 


4 00 


4 70 


5 10 


9 


5 00 


5 85 


6 40 


10 


3 8) 


4 40 


4 80 


10 


4 70 


5 45 


5 90 


10 


5 80 


6 75 


7 30 


11 


4 50 


5 20 


5 65 


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5 60 


6 50 


7 05 


11 


6 70 


7 75 


8 45 


12 


5 40 


6 20 


6 75 


12 


6 70 


7 70 


8 40 


12 


7 80 


9 00 


9 75 


13 


6 50 


7 45 


8 05 


13 


8 00 


9 15 


10 00 


13 


9 10 


10 40 


11 25 


14 


7 80 


8 90 


9 65 


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10 90 


11 80 


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10 60 


12 10 


13 10 


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10 60 


11 45 


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12 75 


13 75 


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12 50 


13 40 


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14 85 


16 00 


16 


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16 50 


17 70 


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14 60 


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17 25 


18 45 


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19 10 


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18 10 


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19 75 


21 20 


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19 70 


21 10 


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22 75 


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27 10 


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29 10 


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EXTRAS. EXTRAS. 

Mill Double Cut, adv. 1 in. Cant Blunt (Double Cut), 
Mill Nar. Points, " I " advance 2 inch. 

C. Cut Saw (blunt), " 2 



EXTRAS. 

Knife, adv. 1 in. 

II. B. Hlf. Rd bl't, " 2 '• 
Cross, (blunt), " 2 " 
Feather Edge," " 2 " 



SAW FILES. 



Inch. 


3 sy. 


4 


4>^ 


5 5% 


6 


7 


Tapers, Single Cut .. 

Double •' .. 
Slim Tapers, Single " ... 

Double " .. 
Pitsaw, Blunt, Single " . . 
Hooktooth, " " " ... 


81 10 
160 
120 
180 
2 10 


81 10 
160 
120 
180 
2 10 


81 20 
1 75 

1 30 
190 

2 20 


8140 
2 00 
145 
2 10 
2 30 


8170 
2 40 
170 
2 40 
2 50 


82 00 
2 75 
190 
2 60 
2 80 


82 40 
3 25 
210 

2 83 

3 00 
3 60 


S3 00 
4 00 

2 50 

3 30 
3 70 
3 90 


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8 


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10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


Tapers, Single Cut... 

Double " ... 
Slim Tapers, Single " ... 

Double " ... 
Pitsaw, Blunt, Single " ... 
Hooktooth, " " " ... 


83 80 
4 95 
3 00 

3 90 

4 30 
4 40 


14 60 
590 

3 70 

4 70 

5 00 
5 10 


85 70 
7 10 

4 50 

5 60 
5 80 
600 


87 20 
8 80 

5 50 

6 75 
6 70 
710 


89 00 
10 80 

6 80 
8 20 

7 70 

8 40 


811 00 
12 90 

8 30 

9 75 


813 2) 
15 20 

10 00 

11 50 









EXTRAS. 

Band Saw, neavy,Blunt,take Taper Double Cut Price ) q^a^gj. Points same Drice 

" Light, " " Slim Taper " " " i '■'^^ 
Cant Saw, Blunt, Single Cut, \ j,^ Pitsaw orice 

Round Gulleting, ^ lake Pitsaw price. 

Round Off, Blunt, Single Cut. Take Hooktooth price. 

Tapers, pointed at both ends (without handles), double the price of Slim 
Tapers of half their length. 



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E. C. ATKINS & Co., 



FILES WITH TWO ROUND EDGES. 




LIST. 



8-inch 
8-inch 
10-inch 
10-inch 
8-iiich 
9-inch 



-inch $3 34 

-inch 3 80 



10-inch S4 37 

12-inch 6 21 



Per Dozen. 

Stave Files $5 00 

double Stave Files 6 20 

double Stave Files 8 35 

Planer Knife Files 5 35 

Great American Files 3 80 

Great American Files 4 50 



BABBITT METAL. 



Atkins' Perfection 

Anti Friction 

No. 1 

No. 2 

No. 3 

No. 4 



Put up in 50 pound boxes. 



Per Pound. 

SO 25 

18 

13 

10 

08 

....... 06 



COTTON WASTE. 

Per Pound. 

XXX White $0 10 

X White 08 

C Colored 07J 

D Colored 06 

Put up in bales of 50, 100, 500 pounds. 



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E. C. Atkins & Co., 



GROOVER OR DADO HEADS, 







The G 

No. 1 Set, 
No. 2 " 
No 3 " 

No^ 4 " 

No. 5 " 

No. 6 " 



Will cut a perfect groove with or across the graiu 
roovers are arranged iu sets, as follows: 
cutting grooves, H, 34, %. 

Vs, ^, %■ li, %■ 

Yb, M, 1% %, A. Yi, j%, Ys, H. %■ 

Ys, M. t\. Vs, /b. >^, A, 5^, H. 54. il. ^8. iS, 1. 

K. K. iV %. ^5, H, i"8. 5^. H. %. II, %. H. 1, ii\. i>s, 

1t"s, 1M. 1t\. 1"^. I/b. 1}-^. 
^^. K. j%, %, A, ^. T^e, Ya, H. %. ii. %. ^i. 1, h'e, % 
Ifa, i>i. lA. l^^ It'b. i>^. 1^. 1%. IH. % lii. Vs, 

iy.2. 

PRICE-LIST OF GROOVERS OR DADO HEADS. 



Xo. 1 Set . 
No. 2 Set . 
No. 3 Set . 
No. 4 Set . 
No. 5 Set . 
No. 6 Set . 



6 in. 


Tin. 


8 in. 


9 in. 


10 in. 


11 in. 


diam. 


diam. 


diam. 


diam. 


diam. 


diam. 


S5 80 


S6 80 


S7 60 


S8 35 


$9 15 


$9 75 


7 05 


8 15 


9 05 


9 90 


10 80 


11 60 


8 65 


9 85 


10 85 


11 90 


13 00 


13 90 


9 90 


11 20 


12 30 


13 45 


14 65 


15 75 


12 40 


13 90 


15 20 


16 55 


17 95 


19 45 


14 90 


16 60 


18 10 


19 65 


21 25 


23 15 



12 in. 
diam. 



$10 85 
12 95 
15 45 
17 55 
21 75 
25 95 



Iu ordering, please state the number of set, diameter of groover and size of 
hole wanted 

Extra inside cutters can be had at anv time. 




LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 




017 100 374 A 



World's Columbian Exposition, 

CHICAGO, 1893. 

Awards on Circular, Cylinder, Band, Gang, Drag, 
Cross=cut and Hand Saws, 

For Variety Exhibited, Material, Workmanship and Finish. 
AWARD FOR SAW TOOLS. 

WRITE FOR PRICES. 



